| When you have a really crucial decision to make, what | | | | outcome. Plus, a ritual that takes a lot of planning gives |
| do you do? I don't know about you, but I use a very | | | | you many opportunities to "skew" the results with your |
| deep and complex magic ritual: | | | | own energies of fear, worry, and anxiety. |
| I flip a coin! | | | | Most importantly, the coin toss is a sign that you "trust |
| Of course I'm being a little sarcastic here, but the truth | | | | the process," so to speak. By entrusting an important |
| of the matter is that I do resort to a coin flip as one of | | | | decision to an utterly simplistic magic ritual like the coin |
| my magic rituals of choice when I have to make an | | | | toss, you are announcing that you trust: |
| important decision. | | | | 1. the Universe to provide clear and correct guidance |
| Why? Because I figure the Universe knows better | | | | 2. your own ability to follow that guidance |
| than I which decision best fits my needs and desires, | | | | The Coin Toss Magic Ritual Builds Trust |
| so I let the coin guide me to the "correct" decision. | | | | The Universe unfailingly provides us with clear and |
| Why Trust Important Decisions to This Silly Magic | | | | correct guidance, but often the answer we get isn't |
| Ritual | | | | the one we necessarily want to hear, at least in that |
| This magic ritual definitely sounds a little trite for big | | | | moment. So we tend to second guess ourselves, |
| decisions, I'll grant you, but you have to see the coin | | | | perhaps by tossing the coin a second or third time, or |
| toss for what it really is: | | | | resorting to a magic ritual which has results that are |
| A channel through which the Universe communicates | | | | more open to subjective interpretation, such as |
| with us. | | | | meditating with the firebowl. |
| It is a way for the Universe to offer very clear | | | | But if you really want to learn to trust the process, try |
| guidance. After all, the coin toss can only have two | | | | the coin toss, at least once on a truly important life |
| options, heads or tails. | | | | decision. If you manage to see the decision through, |
| The relatively silliness of the coin toss also works in its | | | | based on guidance from the coin toss ritual, you will be |
| favor. It's silliness takes the pressure off the decision, | | | | surprised at the twists and turns of your path, and no |
| so to speak. If you use a really complicated magic | | | | doubt pleased by the result. |
| ritual that takes a lot of planning and a lot of effort to | | | | Dare you risk it? I would hope so... trust is what magic |
| do, you may end us being too "invested" in the | | | | is all about! |