Some people and traditions make use of magical practices to foster a sense of well-being in daily life. Cheerfulness, a sense of gratitude, positive intentions and rituals are all elements that make our daily life magical and help us achieve our long-term goals and become better people. Start dyeing your life with magic and enjoying the many benefits that come with it.
Steps
Part 1 of 3: Daily Practice
Step 1. Meditate
Thanks to meditation you can be able to relieve stress and reach a state of greater mental tranquility. The resulting sense of peace contributes to improving overall body health and emotional well-being. Learn about the many meditation techniques and choose the one that best suits your needs:
- Guided meditation uses mental images to help you regain calm and physical well-being.
- Mantra meditation is based on the repetition of one or more phrases to keep you focused on the moment, so your mind will not be distracted by unwanted thoughts.
- Mindfulness meditation helps you observe your thoughts in a detached way, teaching you to let them flow without getting involved.
- "Tai Chi" and "Qi Gong" are moving meditation techniques based on balance, movement and deep breathing.
- Through asanas (physical postures) yoga helps you stay focused on the moment and push away troublesome thoughts.
Step 2. Test the visualization
It is a mental practice that urges you to imagine scenarios and situations in your mind in the most detailed and realistic way possible. Thanks to this powerful technique you will be able to mentally "transfer" yourself to a peaceful and pleasant place, capable of helping you to regain well-being and inner strength. Visualization is also useful for imagining that you are successful in any of your businesses. It also allows you to anticipate possible obstacles in your path and find ways to overcome them.
- While practicing, try to engage all five senses.
- For example, you might visualize yourself exploring a beautiful forest full of peace. In addition to what you can see with your eyes, try to imagine the smells, sounds and smells that come from the environment around you.
- You can use visualization techniques to determine and achieve your goals.
- When used appropriately, visualization techniques can promote healing.
Step 3. Give thanks and pray
Focusing on compassion, love, and a sense of gratitude can help you achieve a state of calm and mental well-being. If you usually rely on prayers, giving thanks through religious prayers will allow you to focus on what you feel is important.
Part 2 of 3: Blessing your Home for Daily Wonders
Step 1. Find out what are the reasons why you should bless your home
If you really want to make your everyday life magical, start by bringing the wonders into your home. By consecrating it through specific rituals you can make it a special place. The rituals act through symbolic gestures aimed at attracting certain attitudes or sensations towards things or places, connecting the "sacred" to the "profane". While you have to define these symbolic connections, there are some beneficial associations you can make use of.
- Excellent purifying properties are attributed to lavender, cedar wood and eucalyptus.
- It is advisable to perform your blessing rituals at dawn, facing east, as the symbolic connection with the new day can cause your home to fill with a new feeling of magic.
Step 2. Clean your home
Order and cleanliness can positively influence your mood and your vision of the environment around you. By cleaning your home thoroughly before blessings, you will send a powerful message of change to yourself. So make the effort to leave the old environment behind before transforming it into a new one.
- Clean the whole house by focusing on your willingness to renovate it and fill it with magic.
- Cleaning will help you send an important message to yourself: "I have control over the environment around me and I'm working to improve it."
Step 3. Prepare the space for your rituals
Before starting the consecrations, it is good to take a few moments to prepare the environment. Engaging the senses will help you get into the right mood, making the moment more magical and special, for yourself and for all those involved.
- Light a few sticks of incense or use an essential oil diffuser.
- Choose pieces of music that will help you get into the mood you want.
- Say words that you consider important and express the intentions of your ritual by turning your attention to the whole house.
Step 4. Light a candle
Some spiritual traditions perform their rituals in the presence of a burning candle. When they are used for mystical purposes, it is good to choose the color of the candles carefully, evaluating their symbolic associations. You can also engrave some symbols of your choice in the wax. It is believed that, as the candle burns, the chosen elements are projected outwards into the environment.
- Sometimes white candles are associated with purification.
- Blue candles are believed to bring joy and harmony.
- Yellow candles can represent joy and happiness.
Step 5. Speak your blessings and affirmations
Move from room to room, taking your candle with you, and say your blessing for each room. You can choose to say any number of words, formulating a long, medium or short sentence, as long as it effectively expresses your wishes for that room. Visit each area of the house taking the candle with you, and be sure to bless it entirely.
- An example of a bedroom statement might be "Whenever I am in this room I will feel peaceful and safe. I will sleep peacefully and wake up perfectly rested."
- By uttering these affirmations in the rooms of your home, you will focus on multiple positive thoughts, related to the environment and your stay in it. Your good intentions can guarantee significant benefits to your health.
Step 6. Let the candle burn
Most traditions believe that when a candle is used in a ritual, it should be allowed to burn completely. The reasons derive from the belief that, by burning, the candle is releasing the intentions of the author of the magical rite, therefore extinguishing it would interrupt the process. It is believed that letting it burn to the end guarantees the maximum possible effect.
Never leave the candle unattended while it is burning
Part 3 of 3: Spreading the Magic
Step 1. Volunteer within your community
Look around you and find ways to make yourself useful. Volunteering is a great way to help out those who need help. Take a cue from the following ideas and spread the feeling of magic by giving it to the people around you:
- Contact the nearest kennel and offer to offer your help in your free time.
- Find out at the homeless shelters in your city or contact religious charities and offer your help to those in need.
- Public libraries are a place where volunteers can make a great contribution.
Step 2. Pay someone else's bill
Taking care of a person's expenses will allow you to bring some magic into their day. When you are in line at the bar, you can offer to pay for the next customer, even if only for a small fee.
Step 3. Make a donation to your favorite charity
If you have some cash to spare, you may want to consider donating it to a charity of your choice. There are many reliable entities, each with a different purpose. Take a look at the list below, it will help you make your choice:
- The Italian Association for Cancer Research uses donations to support research and make this disease increasingly treatable.
- The Arca Onlus Project collects money in order to help every person in need without discrimination and help them redeem themselves.
- The Onlus Scholarship Program is aimed at supporting deserving children who do not have the opportunity to receive a school education due to the total lack of economic resources of their family unit.
Advice
- Try to involve friends and family in the blessing of your / your home.
- If you want to enjoy the multiple benefits of meditation, commit to practicing at least five minutes a day.
- Making your daily life magical means visualizing, entering a state of greater harmony with the world around us and acting consciously.
