Last week Zarha and I had a night out. Really it was a night in, but it was a virtual night out. It was awesome. We attended this very entertaining Zoom magic show. The tricks were very impressive. I'm sure there was an explanation for all of them, but I have no idea. It was wonderful.
We hadn't had time like this together for many months. It was very welcome.
There was one “trick” the magician did. He had us do it and then explained how it worked. I put “trick” in quotes because it wasn’t a trick at all.
He had us draw 3 shapes on a card - a line, a circle, and a dot. Then he had us hold a small object by a string over what we had drawn. The object swayed back and forth over the paper in the shape we had drawn First, back and forth over a line. Then, in a circular path above a circle. Then, it didn’t move at all when it was over a dot.
He proceeded to explain how our brain was making our hands do this. It even had a name which escapes me. I remember thinking that this was amazing. It wasn’t a trick and there wasn’t any mystery. Our minds have the power to control our actions even when our thoughts aren’t conscious. The most amazing part of this is that we can train our brains similar to how we can train our muscles.
Taher, train your brain to be patient. It will affect your actions.
