The Magic (20 page)
Remember The Magic and list yesterday’s blessings on a computer, or write them out in a journal. Scan over the surface of yesterday until you feel satisfied that you’ve recalled the blessings of the day. They can be small things or big things, because it’s not about the size of the blessings; it’s about how many blessings you find, and how much gratitude you feel for each one. As you remember and notate each one, simply be grateful and say the magic words for it –
thank you.
When you want to do this magical practice after today, you can mix it up, so that some days you write out the blessings and other days you remember the blessings and say them out loud or in your mind. You can make a quick list of the blessings, or you can make a more detailed list saying why you’re grateful for each one.
There is no set number of blessings to find from yesterday, because every day is different. But I can assure you that every single day of your life is full of blessings, and when you have opened your eyes to see the truth of this, you will have opened your heart to the magic of life, and your life will be abundant and magnificent.
“Whoever has
gratitude
will be given more, and he or she will have an abundance. Whoever does not have
gratitude
, even what he or she has will be taken from him or her.”
Remember The Magic – it was created for
you!
Magic Practice Number 28
Remember The Magic
- Count Your Blessings: Make a list of ten blessings. Write
why
you’re grateful. Reread your list, and at the end of each blessing say
thank you, thank you, thank you,
and feel as grateful for that blessing as you can. You have written 280 blessings over the course of this book! - Remember The Magic by counting the blessings of yesterday, and writing them down. Ask yourself the question:
What are the good things that happened yesterday?
Scan the surface of yesterday until you feel satisfied that you’ve remembered and written down all the blessings of the day. - As you remember each one, simply say the magic words,
thank you,
for it in your mind. - After today you can do this practice as a written list, or out loud or in your mind. You can make a quick list of the things you’re grateful for about yesterday, or make a shorter and more detailed list and say why you’re grateful for them.
- Just before you go to sleep tonight, hold your Magic Rock in one hand, and say the magic words,
thank you,
for the
best
thing that happened during the day.
Your Magical Future
You are the builder of your life, and gratitude is your magical tool to build the most incredible life. You have now laid a foundation through these magical practices, and with the tool of gratitude, you are adding more floors to the building of your life. Your life will climb higher and higher, until you touch the stars. There is no end to the heights you can reach with gratitude, and there’s no end to the magic you can experience. Like the stars in the Universe, it’s infinite!
“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
Johannes A. Gaertner (1912–1996)
PROFESSOR, THEOLOGIAN, POET
The ideal way to move forward from here is to maintain the foundation of gratitude you’ve built, and gradually keep building on it through increasing your depth of feeling. The more you practice gratitude, the deeper you will be able to feel it, and the more deeply you feel it, the less time you will need to give to it. As a guide:
Three days a week of Remember The Magic, or combining it with two other magical practices of your choosing, should maintain your current foundation of gratitude, and keep building the magic in your life so that your life continues to get better and better. For example, you might choose to do Remember The Magic on one day, Magical Relationships on the second, and Magic Money on the third day.
Four days a week of Remember The Magic, or incorporating it with three other magical practices of your choosing, will maintain your gratitude
and
accelerate the magic.
Five days a week of Remember The Magic, or incorporating it with four other magical practices of your choosing, will dramatically increase your happiness and the magic in every area and circumstance of your life.
Six or seven days a week of Remember The Magic, or incorporating it with any other magical practices of your choosing, and you will become the true alchemist, who can turn everything into gold!
Magic Practice Recommendations
To keep the magic continuing in the important areas of your life, like your happiness, health, relationships, career, money, and the material things you own, you could do the specific practices for each area once a week. However, if you want to
increase
the magic in any area of your life, you should give more through an increased practice of gratitude for that area, several days a week. If you are unwell, you will want to do the magical practices for your health every day, if not multiple times in a day.
The following recommendations will easily guide you toward the magical practices that will have the strongest and fastest effect in that area. Follow the recommendations in the relevant area for three weeks minimum, doing each recommended practice once a week:
RELATIONSHIPS
Magically Heal Your Relationships
The Magic Wand
–
(The Magic Wand practice can be used on people you know using photographs, or on people you don’t know without photographs.)
HEALTH
The Magical Air That You Breathe
The Magic Wand
–
(The Magic Wand practice can be used on people you know using photographs, or on people you don't know without photographs.)
MONEY
The Money Magnet
–
(If you haven’t done the Money Magnet magical practice before, make sure you complete all steps at least once. If you’re repeating this practice, you can jump to step 4.)
The Magic Wand
–
(The Magic Wand practice can be used on people you know using photographs, or on people you don’t know without photographs.)
CAREER
The Magic Wand
–
(When using The Magic Wand practice for your career, you can also send success to people. Wishing success for others will accelerate the success in your own life.
The Magic Wand practice can be used on people you know using photographs, or on people you don’t know without photographs.)
YOUR DESIRES
Make All Your Wishes Come True
–
(If you haven’t done the practice of Make All Your Wishes Come True before, make sure you complete all the steps at least once. If you’re repeating this practice, you can jump to step 3.)
The Magic Wand
–
(The Magic Wand practice can be used on people you know using photographs, or on people you don’t know without photographs.)
Your Magic Rock
You can make The Magic Rock practice a part of your daily life, by continuing to keep your Magic Rock by your bedside, and using the time you get into bed as your reminder to be grateful for the best thing that happened that day. You can also carry your Magic Rock with you in your pocket, and every time you touch it, use it as your reminder to think of something you’re grateful for.
Your Magic Dust
You can also make The Magic Dust Everyone practice a part of your daily life. Other than sprinkling magic dust over the people who serve you, there are many more ways to continue using this practice. You can sprinkle magic dust over everyone and everything! If your boss is a bit grumpy, you can secretly sprinkle magic dust over him or her. You can sprinkle magic dust over a family member or loved one if they’re in a bad mood, or anyone you come across who needs some magic in their life. You can also add magic wherever you go, and sprinkle magic dust over babies and children, over your plants or garden, your food and drinks, your computer or your mail before you open them, your wallet, car, your phone before you take or make a phone call, or over any circumstance that you want to improve. The many applications of magic dust are limited only by your imagination!
The Magic Never Ends
I practice gratitude every day of my life, and it’s inconceivable to me now that I could have lived days, months, and years without practicing gratitude in some way every day. Gratitude has become a part of my personality, it is in my cells, and it’s a pattern in my subconscious mind.
But if we get caught up in life and forget to practice gratitude, over a period of time, the magic will evaporate. I use the magic in my life as my guide to let me know if I’m practicing gratitude enough, or if I need to practice more. I watch my life carefully, and if I find that I’m not feeling as happy, I increase my practice of gratitude. If a few little problems start appearing in a particular area of my life, immediately I increase the magical practices of gratitude in that area.
I’m not blinded by false appearances anymore. Instead I look for the goodness to be grateful for in every circumstance,
knowing
that it’s there. And then, like a puff of smoke, what was unwanted magically disappears!
“I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That’s because what you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life.”
Oprah Winfrey (B. 1954)
MEDIA PERSONALITY AND BUSINESSWOMAN
Through the practice of gratitude you are using an infallible law of the Universe; it is a gift from the Universe to you, and it exists in order for you to
use it
and advance your life.
The Universe and You
There is a level that you can reach with gratitude that causes
unlimited
abundance in your life. The way that this level of gratitude is reached is through your relationship with the Universe, or, if you prefer, Spirit or God.
You can tend to think of the Universe as separate from you, and when you think of it, look up above yourself and toward the sky. While the Universe most certainly is above you, it is also below you, and behind you, and beside you, and it is within every single thing and every single person. That means the Universe is
within
you.
“As below, so above; and as above so below. With this knowledge alone you may work miracles.”
THE EMERALD TABLET (circa 5,000–3,000 BC)
When you understand that the Universe is
within
you, and by its very nature it is
for
you, wanting you to have
more
life,
more
health,
more
love,
more
beauty, and
more
of everything you want, then you will feel genuine gratitude to the Universe for
everything
you receive in your life. And you will have established a personal relationship between you and the Universe.