So, 5.5 Hours' Sleep, Now?

Tried to get to bed at 2.40, this morning. Didn't Fall Asleep until 2.50-something.

Woke up, the first time, at 7.45.

Woke up, and couldn't get back to sleep, about 30 minutes ago.

Honestly, though? I feel better than I did, yesterday. Meditation and exercise, today, are in order.

Anyone else, here, read Kin'gs Insomnia?

Good morning.

A warm hello

Welcome ladylabyrinth.

Sorry it took me so long :)

Magic, Belief, and One-Sided Bargains

I've been thinking, lately, about a potential problem I've noticed in myself, as relates to the practice of magic, in that I often have a base disbelief in the professed abilities of others, while having a complete belief in my own. I hate this. I try very hard to fix this, in myself, but it causes me to wonder if this trend isn't present, to some degree, in all magicians.

When you tell me something you did, in terms of magic, my first instinct is to be skeptical, and think you're attributing more to coincidence. But then I stop, and think, and I realise what I'm doing.

What does it say about a "magical community," when the entire interaction structure depends upon one-upping the other people in the community, when it becomes about proving that Yours Works Better, rather than working together, better?

And, to those of you who've had such experiences In "the community," what do you think causes this kind of inability to co-operate? is it human nature, or is it something about groups, as a whole? What the hell is it?

I'm rambling, drinking, and watching Domino, so this may not be the most cohesive or coherent of posts... But i think it raises some interesting questions.

We had bison burgers, for dinner. Home-made. Delicious.

michette is here. Everyone wave.