last night i was at a friend’s party. this particular friend seems to be almost perpetually ill with a host of colds and flus…this makes little sense as the boy is pretty active and happy for the most part. i told him i wanted a day with him to try to do an energy reading to see if we could find out where the imbalances were.
one of the partygoers overheard me saying this and very loudly asked me,
“Oh NO! you’re not into THAT kind of stuff are you???”
i answered “almost completely and totally immersed in it.”
she rolled her eyes and started to decry all of the inherent flaws and fallacies of any mode of thinking that couldn’t be proven in a scientific environment. i told her she was free to think however she wanted…honestly, maybe she’ll prove to be right in the end.
she then asked “what do you DO?”
i said “i do astro charts, tarot and i read…vibes.” vibes is the best word i have for whatever it is that i do read.
“okay, read me. do it. right now, let’s go,” she said, rather drunk. i told her a) i dont’ want to do something under pressure and b) i was drunk…my readings get a little out of control sometimes when i’m drunk.
i tried to humor her by an attempted reading of her chart…however, her chart was almost impossible to read in a drunk setting where i felt every moment was a moment she expected me to fuck up and prove her point
honestly, she seemed so convinced of her opinion that i think if had made the chips sing and dance she would have denied it as some kind of cheap parlor trick.
but the two of us ended up getting along swimmingly…her opinions were more than valid, and it is true that a great deal of new agey, spiritual hype is overblown in certain areas, and the world is full of frauds and cheats.
how do you explain to someone that trying to force magic is like trying to eat shards of glass willingly…
while i see her perspective, i do want to ask her at some point who and what she loves….and then i’m going to ask her to prove it to me, scientifically…that should be a fun debate