[HPFGU-OTChatter] Magic...(includes religion and various ramblings...)

[Starling]

scott wrote:

>Now that I've had few years to think about this I disagree with my 
>earliar self. I do think there is magic. Harry Potter-type magic I 
>don't know but magic most definetely. There's magic in rain beating 
>on the windowsill, in the wind pushing one's hair back on a windy 
>afternoon, in sitting by the fire and falling asleep in the arms of 
>someone you love. Magic is in a warm embrace, and even in a having a 
>good cry. Magic is in losing yourself in a fictional world, or in 
>another person (some people call it falling in love.) There's magic 
>in being on stage on opening night, in hitting that perfect chord at 
>the end of a song and getting a standing ovation.

that is beautiful, and true as anything i have ever heard.  and let's not forget the magic in words that bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.
starling823 at yahoo.com

"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his eyes.  "A magic beyond all we do here!"
          -HP and the Sorcerer's Stone


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, 08 March, 2001 11:16 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Magic...(includes religion and various ramblings...)


  I chopped this off of my post to the main list as it really didn't 
  have anything to do with Harry Potter. I still think it is worth 
  posting though.

  Ebony wrote:
  "..I took an instant poll--do you believe in magic and superstition 
  in real life?  In this particular class, all of the students said 
  "no" save one.  As we moved on, his tablemates asked him 
  why."Because... magic *is* science," he said, as if this was the most 
  obvious thing in the world."

  --All but one said no? I would have thought that more would have said 
  yes. When I was there age I thought that I "knew better" than to 
  believe in magic, but still desperately wanted too. I remember a line 
  from a poem I wrote at that age it's title was "I've learned" 

  "...I've learned there's no such thing as magic, and ruby slippers 
  wont take you to Oz."

  That, if nothing else, was the hardest thing for me to accept. Maybe 
  it's because I have a very vivid imagination (according to that 
  article yet another evil thing about me), or maybe it's that I'm an 
  only child and have always had to look inside myself to an extent for 
  entertainment.

  Now that I've had few years to think about this I disagree with my 
  earliar self. I do think there is magic. Harry Potter-type magic I 
  don't know but magic most definetely. There's magic in rain beating 
  on the windowsill, in the wind pushing one's hair back on a windy 
  afternoon, in sitting by the fire and falling asleep in the arms of 
  someone you love. Magic is in a warm embrace, and even in a having a 
  good cry. Magic is in losing yourself in a fictional world, or in 
  another person (some people call it falling in love.) There's magic 
  in being on stage on opening night, in hitting that perfect chord at 
  the end of a song and getting a standing ovation.

  Honestly- no magic! Some people are looking for magic so hard that 
  they don't see it. You see life is magic, and like magic it can be 
  both a blessing and a curse. Make it a blessing. The best way to do 
  that is to fill one's life with peace and love (Some call this God). 
  Thats why I think religion is such a great thing. I don't care how 
  one comes to it, you can call God- Yahweh, Jehovah, Krishna, Allah, 
  anything at all really. That doesn't matter much to me. I just 
  hope everbody can find that magic inside themselves, because it's 
  already there, we spend our whole lives searching and, IMO it's 
  already there. I have a feeling that those Religious Right people 
  would call the above blasphemous heresy but it's my opinion only and 
  thats ok.

  Today we were discussing the Aenied (sp?) in Latin, and about how 
  many famous Romans tried to trace their lineage to the gods. Someone 
  asked "But they couldn't could they. I mean the gods didn't really 
  exist." I came back with "How do we know?" which might have made some 
  people uncomfortable. "Because we're Christians obviously." But then 
  who's to say that Christianity has any validity except those who 
  believe it. The truth is we DON'T know, and we can't know, nor should 
  we try to. Maybe believing is enough. If those people truly believed 
  maybe that was all it took. That doesn't mean the gods of antiquity 
  are real, but who has the authority to say ANYTHING isn't real to 
  those that believe it is?

  I've probably rambled WAY to much but then this IS OT-chatter. I hope 
  that I didn't offend anyone with my views. Just remember that they 
  are MY views and that's all.

  Scott
  ______________________________________________________________________

  "I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in 
  fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your 
  mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the 
  here and now?  Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." 
  - John Lennon  





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