Common misconceptions about magic

[AlfrunGrima]

I am dabbling and reading on the old Wizardforum also. With webarchive.org it is still possible to read things, which is nice! I would like to bring some of those discussions to this 'new' WF forum. We have a lot of people in our community that were not on the old forum, including me. And people who were on the old forum had quite some time for some personal growth. So plenty of room for new discussions. I try to tag these posts every time as #old WF to be able to filter those 'new old posts'.

One of the threads I want to bring back is that about misconceptions about meditation, it is worth while to have this topic again on this 'new' WF too. For new seekers, it is quite a topic. For seasoned practitioners is can be nice to reflect on that.......Add your ideas about misconceptions, add your experiences, add misconceptions I didn't mention in this OP.

Misconceptions about meditation:
***Meditation requires spiritual or religious beliefs.
***I don’t have enough time to meditate.
***It takes years of practice to receive any benefits from meditation.
*** a meditation is only successful when I reached the empty-mind-stage

 

[Morell]

So the name of thread was supposed to be about meditation, not magic...

 

[mag1caljeet]

So the name of thread was supposed to be about meditation, not magic...

they are highly related though...

but I see what you mean.

The only one I can think of is this one:
- Magic is evil/Satanic

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Of course the biggest misconception about magic is that it doesn't exist.

 

[AlfrunGrima]

@Morell Yes I meant meditation, but typed in one or another way magic. I still don't have a clue how it happened because I did read the title several times, like I always do. Sorry for this clumsy action

 

[FireBorn]

Meditation isnt about 'getting' something. If you go into it to get, you will frustrate your own efforts. Only when you let go of all of it, do you 'get' anything. Paradox.