Maginario

Imagine...

She is expecting a friend at seven. As it arrives, and quite punctually too, you see it's an owl.

Admittedly, this seemingly extraordinary arrival was a given. It was the most natural of things, for a simple reason: this owl had been visiting every day, always arriving at the same time.

She greets it and, upon introducing you, explains to the owl that she won't be having so much time in the next few days due to your visit, but she would then be back as usual.

Therewith, everything was clarified.

It's a warm summer afternoon. You are having coffee with friends on a shady terrace. The fan is rotating on a medium-low setting when it suddenly decides to go up to maximum power. Nobody is anywhere near it, and it has no remote control either.

After some moments of confusion as to what is happening, it goes back down to the previous setting on its own.

Not to worry. Moments later, a light comes on, soon turning back off again on its own. The light switch is several meters away, and nobody is anywhere near it.

Random fluctuations? Random boosts of energy? Rather silly explanations, but the word 'random' is customarily anyway only summoned when the context of a happening is not understood by the observer. It's as simple as that.

After an exhilarating afternoon tending the garden, he is completing the last steps for the day. Super-charged with energy, he is climbing towards the porch, when he remembers that he forgot to water a certain plant. He grabs the watering can and rushes back outside when he notices a small humanoid being watching him from the porch with a delightfully exhilarated expression.

The startle from seeing such a being, even though it lasted for a mere second, changes his vibration, breaking him out of the natural high he experienced until a moment ago. With that, the little being is suddenly invisible, or merely outside of his field of perception. After all, it is not only our state of awareness but also our state of mind which profoundly affects the range of our senses.