Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi - Michael M. Hughes 2018

Meditation
Self-Care and Resilience

Learn to meditate. Nothing will benefit your magic more than this one behavior. Even better, no single change you can make will have such overall positive effects on your life.

When I started in my twenties, learning to meditate meant reading a book (and hoping you were doing it right) or taking classes, which weren’t always easy to find, cheap, or practical. Nowadays you can download an app on your phone and get started in minutes. There is no excuse for not beginning a meditation practice, even if it’s only for a few minutes at a time. Commit. Do it.

If you have the time and can afford it, take a class. Nothing beats personal instruction, and a class will force you to practice (especially if you’ve paid for it). But if you can’t take a class, try an app or grab any of the thousands of books for beginning meditators.

It’s a cliché, but any longtime meditator will tell you it’s true: the time you spend meditating paradoxically creates more time for you to do other things. Don’t ask how. Just do it and you’ll realize it’s true.