Our model is more 'The Little Engine That Could. We've sort of lost our faith in the power of magic.

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.

If we were all given by magic power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships

[In her best-selling book,] Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life, ... magic.

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, single power, a single salvation... and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing el

That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.