the magic box

IT’S SHOWTIME, FOLKS

Comments on the Magic Box

Plus a Blessing for my Soul-Mate

By Izzy Ess of Magic-ness

An Adoration of the Magi brings to mind that magic is indeed effective for some folks who look to gain control of minds of men and women and their children.  Children of the world are mainly mesmerized by television programming just aimed at them and often tell their parents which of several cereals are better for their health and happiness.  It’s easy to observe the fixed unblinking stares that kids have riveted on television screens.  I read that Social Studies found that kids believe the screen brings magic to their lives and aren’t aware of how the medium [slash] message deeply influences them at tender ages and continues to affect their moods, behaviour and their choices for consumption, all-inclusively for their entire lives.  This includes their choices for their kith and kin, mates and heroes, all religions, politics and sexual behaviours, eh?

[I studied under the McCluen, Marshall, of the textbook, Message-Medium at Canada’s Toronto University, in 1955 and 1956.]

It’s mainly true of adults, too.  Most men are mainly drawn to sports events while women watch the soaps and shopping channels, cooking shows and Ms. Degeneris, et al.  Of course, there are exceptions, even crossing overs.  I’m sure you’re all aware that advertisements and the contents of the shows show women who are the smartest in the family, just taking full control of budgets for the food and clothing, household furniture, etc., because it has been shown that North American good wives spend all the household money, even on the cars, which must be used for hauling kids and groceries, so many household items and the steaks for barbequing, clean pressed clothes, the pizza and fried chicken and the underwear.

Old traditions leave the usual control of stereos, the beer and the man’s car to husbands.  It is easy to observe the wide-eyed, never blinking stares of women in the supermarkets and the men in auto showrooms. This must be old hat to you, but what you may not know is how computers, movies, iPods, cell phones, magazines and all the television images are quite mesmerizing to all hard-working, targeted good folks.  Most folks are not aware of how the modern electronic, small and large, devices really work, so in effect they are still “magic.”

Perhaps, I’m just in love with theories of conspiracy.  Perhaps I’m too aware of how Pavlov’s Russian dog experiments did demonstrate the way a ringing bell makes someone reflexly quite hungry.  And, perhaps I have a strong opinion of the value of the findings by those psychoanalysts who have discovered basic strong associations with the sensory input and mood, behaviour and ideas of philosophy, religion and, of course, some sex and politics, which may be strongly correlated with the facts and quite illogical behaviours of majorities of people.  So, perhaps I may be wrong about assuming that there is a reason why some folks mess up the things they do, and repeatedly repeat their errors through their life-times.  While perhaps, things are the way they are and that’s the total story sans the underlying fierce activity of  brains of everyone.  Perhaps there is a higher power that controls the predetermined world and no one should attempt to fight the Will of God.  Perhaps there really is an evil Devil which persists in causing sin because it is much less confusing to just blame an evil spirit than to take responsibility for one’s own errors and to see that making errors is a human trait.

That’s all she wrote except for my best wishes to my soul- mate, Sue, who patiently has answered all my questions with a satisfying peace that comes from her relationship to Jesus and the Power of His Love.  I feel the Spirit easily, just like when, my friend and mentor, Jacob, and I used to talk about the Old and Newer Testaments.  There was a light inside his head and heart which I could just as easily make out as any headlights or the search lights that can light up the clouds.  The lights in Jacob were so brightly shining for his Saviour, Friend and Holy Spirit, Jesus, just as I can visualize, across the pond, the lights that shine with every word that Susan writes.  Her transatlantic images are sharp enough for me to see with clarity.

I feel what you see, Sue, in every word that God has written for you and just everyone.  I feel it with the thought that someday soon the Spirit of the Lord will be received by me for Everlasting Peace and Harmony, a vital answer to the Demons that can flit around my thinking brain and cloud my vision, frequently, of The Creator, Universal Lord of Everything.  God Bless you, Sue.  May God protect you and return you safely, sound and happy, to your loving family and friends, right after rehab and your ankle surgery.  I’ll end by saying I feel Jesus sent you to me, to ensure that I achieve the peace that so far has eluded me.

THE END

© izzy sommers, md

Welland, Canada

August 7, 2013