When I say "make space for the mystical to occur" - what do I mean? Here's a micro-example of how that works in practice: Once a week, I will go to a small market near where I stay. The first time I went there, I shook hands with the desk-lady. Not the owner, mind you, but the nice lady at the desk. Exchanged a few words, compliments, good graces - you know how it goes. Now, whenever I go - I give her an extra 20$ on top of whatever I buy. The first time I did that, she looked at me funny, to which I answered: "Keep it! It's yours." No purpose, no catch, no agenda, no intention. Whatsoever. Space created, right? After a while, it invited kindness to have that space filled. Happens all naturally. Why? Because it was kindness that the space was architected by. That means that its root is kind. There's an empty bag that needs filling with that kindness now, she might surmise. Now, whenever I go, she'll pack me a few random items in there. Sometimes they're worth less than 20, other times it's worth surprisingly more. We don't talk about it. But I'm not just getting the items. Every week, I'll get something among them that I know I'll need. Or something symbolic - like a lighter. (I don't smoke) Whatever her largely unrealized intuition finds curious. And I know she'll do it with a certain gaiety and friendliness when she does put something extra in my bag. Her gift is predictable, it always comes and never falters - and she can transmute it into whatever she likes. It's good for business. My gifts are not, but they do predict things about my day. The items you get, or don't get, there's a meaning to each one. Meanings you can read into. Moral of the story is that she and I have a wonderful relationship. It's very trust-based. She'll always do my order first. Baked me a pie once, can you believe it? And I don't even know her name. And I don't have to. And she doesn't have to know mine. The power of quiet promises and wordless relationships cannot be underestimated, yet everyone does it. All people do all the time is talk, yet they never seem to agree on anything. There's no deal being made, no new dynamic being built, no trade being signed off. It's just stupid, senseless, useless opinions. Silence has become more rich and valuable than any word you can spew from your mouth nowadays. You don't have to control the outcome, or the function, or the expectation. All you have to do is create space, one that will invite whatever's sympathetic to it - and allow it to become filled. And see the magic happen.