The Ordinary Mystic

Remember that scene in the Matrix where Neo sees that little boy (or was it a girl?) bending a spoon just by looking at it? What if something like that were actually possible? What would that tell us about the potential of the human mind? How would that alter your notions of reality?

A couple of years ago, my youngest son (he was 11 years old at the time) had spent the day with a friend of his and his mom, and when they returned the friend’s mom had some news. “Chris, guess what your son did?” He then proceeded to show me a few pieces of silverware all bent and distorted. Turns out they had just attended a spoon-bending party.
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