[Music]
so my name is Shakur and I’m a Mentalist
so those of you wondering what that
means I take magic and psychology and I
mix it with lesser-known psychological
techniques suggestion deception and
showmanship to create the illusion of
reading minds for I begin I’d like to
share a quick story with you something
that I read as a kid and stayed with me
throughout
I remember reading a lot of mycological
stories and this particular one was
about Lord Shiva and his third eye the
story goes that once Shiva was seated
and Parvati his wife came up behind him
and covered his eyes with four palms and
just like that the whole universe was
cast into darkness and so to save the
world and to give light to the universe
Shiva had to open his third eye and so
he did and just like that just like that
he brought light and power to the world
but he see that the heat and the
strength of that third eye was so
powerful that it made probably break
into a sweat that story is something
that is so magical and stayed with me
till now from same Authority represents
wisdom some say it was represents
consciousness some say it represents
being psychic I don’t know but I
remember the story and I remember
thinking what if I could have a third
eye somewhere what if I could develop it
what if it would be real so I’d like to
try a quick experiment with you and like
someone from the audience to help me out
for this next bit higher the girl in the
second row yeah I am talking to you
right there don’t look back there’s a
second load won’t you come and join me
up in snakes but let’s give a round of
applause again
you’ll never Mike’s office thank you hi
hi your name is really go on just step
right here and be on the mat vinegar
have you ever met before be the girl no
all right you didn’t even know you were
gonna be picked yes okay with the car do
you play cards
no but do you know what they look like
yes yes
brilliant before we begin where the girl
I happen to have in my pocket my
smartphone it’s right here and I’d like
to give it to you and I’d like you to
put it in your pocket for a bit if you
don’t have a pocket employees all right
we get back to that a little bit how
much should imagine wake up oh wait do
you happen to have a deck of cards on
you no I’m a magician so I haven’t have
one in me but this way there is not
about me this is about you okay
so I want you to imagine pulling out a
deck of cards from thin air yeah put the
Mike for you and like you’re mad like
you imagine opening the box and pulling
out the deck all right
I know it sounds silly we’ll just go
with it okay and I want you to spread it
out right here in front of you
beautiful that’s not really good just
now where the gum one should take a
moment and if you only think of a card
have you got something yeah yes now most
people when I ask people to think of a
playing card most women tend to think of
the Queen of Hearts or the queen of
things men tend to think of the jack of
spades and people in general tend to
think of the ace of spades now that you
know that with a guy like you to make
sure that you’re not predictable and
like you to think of something at random
change your mind a few times just to be
sure and session or something have you
done so yes so now you have a single
card in your mind so now you have a
single card in your mind yes now I’d
like you to pick that card out from the
spread turn it around and like you to
put it back inside so now there’s only
one card
let’s face up in the spread yes
is there any way I could have known this
no medica for the first time out loud
for everybody right here I’d like you to
tell everyone what is the name of your
cards or is that long it’s that a of the
ace of spades
like I said most people tend to go for
the ace of spades
I told you that you still decided to go
for the ace of spades yes and that was
completely your choice yes you did
change your mind a few times yes all
right do you believe me where the guy if
I told you that I have a throat I know
most people don’t believe me when I say
that we believe me if I told you that I
used my third eye before I came here to
peek into the future and look at what
you would pick today no all right now we
should hold onto this remember the phone
I gave you more few moments ago you’ve
been holding on to it the whole time yes
I’m gonna take it back from you just
this moment and we will unlock it in
fact I don’t even want to touch the
screen I like you to touch click on my
photos and I’d like you to click on my
camera roll and the last picture that
I’ve taken
[Applause]
you mind telling everybody on the mic
and you say the name of the card out
loud can you tell me what time it is
right now it’s 1214 and can you tell me
thank you so much vinegar I’ll send it
back thanks so much for doing this
then get out of Gaza she walks back be
the government so this is what I
basically do I look at someone in the
face and I try and figure out what
they’re thinking but it wasn’t always
like this
my oldest memory is being probably six
or seven I think I was in the first
grade and I remember being in school in
school around this time I had a
reputation of sort of being like a fixer
so there is a problem between my friends
they would come up to me and I would
figure out a solution and solve it for
them understand this one math teacher we
had who was particularly terrible she
would hit us on our knuckles if he
hadn’t done off homework and send us
back crying so this one day we had this
india-pakistan cricket match going off
which is huge in the 90s still is and
everyone was at home watching the match
the next day I met my friends we
compared notes and everyone realized
that none of us had done our homework
and so all my friends turn to me and
they said sugar what do we do
no I had no idea what to do I hand don’t
know what is well but something
interesting had just happened
all my friends had turned to me and
believed in me that I’d come up with the
solution and neither the funny way of
doing this when someone believes in you
you tend to believe in yourself and
that’s what happened six seven year old
me you went out into the school ground
walk around for a bit
you found the school bell there’s an
old-style Bell I picked up a stone from
the ground I aimed it at the Bell and
through it then work but after a couple
of tries the stone hit the Bell it’s
rang and in the confusion school was off
glasses off and I was a hero
and my friends treated me to candies
four days after that remember as a child
life is full of possibilities sometimes
I want to be a postman sometimes I want
to be a pilot
sometimes I wanted to be an actor
sometimes a magician as I grew older in
my teens this attitude sort of changed I
remember being instead of friends now
they’re being bullies so now there’s
this time where as being bullying in
school and as a result I started so long
as he’s seething into her shell I said
observing people watching them talk
watching them react washing them behave
observing their body language observing
how they talk their expressions and I
didn’t know it then but maybe that is
when I actually started getting
interested in reading people now as as I
grew older I realized I knew what was
expected of me go to school graduate get
a job and so I pursued my passion of
becoming a filmmaker I went to
university I brought a degree and I got
a job in a nice company after I worked
for a couple of years making corporate
films for a production company until and
everything was perfect as planned until
one day when my boss offered me a
promotion in a different City and it was
perfect so it was it was the job I had
pursued this whole time it was
well-paying and it was everything I had
dreamed of but still something didn’t
feel right I realized that I wanted to
actually perform and I want to be a
storyteller rather time it seemed
impossible because I would I would have
this is a Rubik’s Cube most of us have
played with this at some point as kids
fewer of us have tried solving it fewer
still in actually managed to solve one
doing this is not just a Rubik’s Cube
this is much more than a Rubik’s Cube
this to me is a symbol of the human mind
although my mind at the time looked a
little more something like this
completely mixed up but that’s the thing
I realized something else magic is about
finding the middle ground between what’s
possible and the impossible and if you
can focus if you can accept all the
changes that you’re going through and
it’s just for a moment you can believe
then maybe you can do the impossible and
have everything thank you and so I
decided to go for broke and I decided to
take the plunge and I quit my job I went
that slowly and I reconnected and I
rediscovered my passion for magic I had
to start somewhere so I started on the
streets I would go up on the streets of
Bombay to random people I would do magic
to them turn around go to someone else
and do it all over again and that’s how
I sort of taught myself my art and the
process I also failed many times
surprisingly then matter because I loved
the before and I loved performing for
people on the streets even if I failed
it didn’t matter because it was so
gratifying failure had never been so
gratifying and so I went on also I
realized that at a time when I needed
the most
it was complete strangers on the streets
of Bombay who believed in me and when
they believed in me I believed in myself
these are the drill this guy is gonna
show us something interesting and if
it’s not it doesn’t matter
it’s all right and so as I went on I
realized that I have this interest in
psychology so I started reading up a lot
about psychology about psychological
techniques and then you organically my
magic swords so I start moving away from
traditional magic and more towards
psychology and psychological techniques
and just then I had like an epiphany
where if I could mix magic and
psychology maybe I could mix the two and
actually develop a third eye so I’d like
to do a one more quick experiment with
someone from the audience hi
the world who has a hand raised hi yes
you hi just step right here all right
thank you so much hi your name is Sami
Sami thank you so much for doing this so
Mia so may I have the element before no
we haven’t
we’ll be meet again with me right here
is a book it’s called A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens I’m sure some of you
would have read it it’s a classic and
not you to go through this this is a
book that I read as a kid and I fell in
love with and like it will go through
the pages so make sure it’s a normal
book make sure every page is different
and it’s not a trick book take all day
we have all the time in the world I’m
kidding it done all right all right so
let’s try this in a moment
I’m gonna ask you to test we saw me all
right I like you too I’m gonna ask you
to just stop somewhere in the pages and
I’d like you to just remember a word
okay but make sure it’s not a small
like your butt and if or they should
slightly bigger would okay yes are you
ready yes just gonna go like this
right in fact let’s go like this so it’s
easier yeah when you feel like stopping
just say stop stop right here yeah are
you sure
all right I want you to just look at the
first word over here for example got it
yeah all right just like that stop they
have a word in your mind right now yes
don’t say it out loud okay but I’d like
you look at the audience okay
and I’d like you to imagine this word
and just see it to yourself over and
over again over you know okay this is
this is not very long word this is not a
very short what am i right yep yes
excellent and they can just imagine
saying the word to yourself in your mind
but someone of the audience at random
and just imagine saying the word out to
them Matt screaming it out to them yeah
louder and louder in your mind louder
and louder we heard about energies and
vibrations imagine sending them through
the word to summon the audience louder
imagine the first alphabet look at so
many audience imagine the first alphabet
okay is it is there an A in this word
yes that is yes just 25 more letters to
go and you’re done I’m just kidding all
right doesn’t he in this word right
okay let’s try this I want to think what
the second half of it yes say it out in
your mind the second alphabet I’m saying
he in this mode as well that is is your
word a No then think so here’s where the
track all right think of the four salado
the second letter they lost stop think
of the last letter one more time the
last alphabet I’d like you to open your
mouth a little bit
this might sound silly but open your
mouth a little bit and I’d let you say
the word in your mind but don’t actually
say it
Samantha saying it’s the last alphabet
okay stop it’s sort of like a like an
like an like an L if you’re rolling your
tongue like an L yes yes all right let’s
try this I’d like you to close your eyes
and don’t open them until I tell you to
don’t worry I won’t no increased range
well I can’t promise that
we’ll just give her his clothes alright
ladies and gentlemen I’m gonna try and
tell you what it is because I think I
have it okay don’t say anything out loud
okay I’m gonna show you what I think she
is thinking of I think she’s thinking of
this then everyone’s here
yes all right and I can open your eyes
now I’m gonna give you a count of three
and then your loudest best public
speaking voice
I’d like you to yell out the word you’re
thinking of okay three wait you can
actually try and guess the error this is
not a three-letter word right it’s not
only longer only like five letters yeah
yes excellent okay let’s give you a
countdown three mmm one what is the word
you’re thinking of
and so and so I had this epiphany I
pursued it for a bit and I started
performing from the streets I started
performing in restaurants I start doing
deals on Sundays
at a time where there were hardly any
magicians performing at any menus and so
the table as I started doing stuff on
stage to start performing on stage and
as I kept performing the word sort of
spread out so people started inviting me
to do corporate shows and to perform it
other kinds of events and just like that
I was on my way I’ve been through a lot
since then but my journey throughout my
journey one thing has remained the same
a couple of things actually no one I
love to perform I still love performing
I realized that change is the only thing
that is constant it’s finally I realized
one more thing which I would love to
share with you was one thought that I’d
love to share with you so this next bit
I like to pull someone on stage hi how
about you yes hi your name is we thank
you so much for doing this do we I
before we begin I’d like to ask you how
we set anything up this is you didn’t
know you were gonna be back yes yes all
right we began this talk through E with
me sonic guessing a chord that someone
else was thinking of but I’d like to
teach you something I’d like to reverse
and do the opposite now I’d like for you
to guess what I am thinking about will
do be shocked we will be Sigma sir for
let me shop we will just assume a me
will translate those okay okay just
believe so let’s try this I have one
card remember I said I have a deck of
cards in my pocket because I’m a
all right I’d like you to hold on to it
in this deck of course there’s one card
that I had torn there on this one card
in the deck before I came here it’s
gonna be your jobs Rui to try and guess
what card I’m thinking about
okay okay all right so let’s try this I
want you to take a moment and I want you
to just think of a card in your mind if
you want to even change your mind a few
times you can settle on one but find the
card that you feel that that it pulls
out you find your rhythm find your card
got something yes yes
like I said change is the only thing
that’s constant so I’d like you to still
change it a few times just to be sure
yeah I’m good
okay despite changing and you’re fine
you sure about the one you want all
right let’s try this it’s only one card
inside Rui you know open the car open
the box for the first time before we go
on I want you to name the card that you
thought of say it out loud for the first
time for everyone nine of hearts nine of
hearts yeah all right I’m gonna open the
box like I said there’s only one card
that is facedown in this deck this
did you see it somewhere nope right
let’s go through it again just one God
right here I like it hold on do it don’t
turn it around just hold on to it all
right hold on to it and don’t turn her
on just yet
we’ll get back to in a quick moment we
can I’d like to share something with you
when I was a kid my favorite festival
was Christmas because Santa Claus and
presents and remember Santa Claus was
such a huge inspiration to me because
well on the year there was nothing and
just keep it straight then just this one
time I suddenly get so many presents so
I behaved myself all around the year
just to have an effect on that one day
now I remember this one day Christmas
Eve was coming I went to my friend’s
house I was smiling I was happy and I
said I looked at him I said hi and he
said why you smiling and I said I
kidding it’s Christmas Santa’s coming
and looted me and he said you do know
Santa Claus is not real right now I
didn’t want to seem uncool so I laughter
I said China is not real but I left and
I was heartbroken because he’s taken
away the one thing he’ll love away from
me and imagine if you love something so
much right now imagine if someone looked
it up way drifted away from you imagine
how you feel because that’s how I felt
at the time anyways I know you must be
wondering why I am telling you all this
now as I grew older I realize there is
only one thing that can stop Santa Claus
from being real do you know what that is
belief maybe yes you’re right it’s
belief belief is what makes the greatest
things in life come true and lack of
belief is what stops one of the greatest
things in life from being real I know
you’re wondering why I’m telling you all
this I’m telling you all this because
the Ruby you are one decision away from
changing the rest of your life you can
either choose to turn that card around
and risk ruining it for yourself and for
everybody else who’s watching or you can
choose to
leave you don’t need to look at it
because you know it’s the right one and
if you do choose to believe through it
I’ll take that card I put it back inside
and we’ll all go back home with a
special story this special moment that
we share together so what would you like
to do do you want to turn it around or
would you like to put it back back are
you sure yes you’d like to put it back
yes I like full drag all right
she’s made a decision the last time are
you sure yeah I’m sure I’m gonna take
this and I’m gonna put it back inside
the deck let’s have a round of applause
for Dillinger thank you I’m shaking Tama and believe thank you so much
so my name is Shakur and I’m a Mentalist
so those of you wondering what that
means I take magic and psychology and I
mix it with lesser-known psychological
techniques suggestion deception and
showmanship to create the illusion of
reading minds for I begin I’d like to
share a quick story with you something
that I read as a kid and stayed with me
throughout
I remember reading a lot of mycological
stories and this particular one was
about Lord Shiva and his third eye the
story goes that once Shiva was seated
and Parvati his wife came up behind him
and covered his eyes with four palms and
just like that the whole universe was
cast into darkness and so to save the
world and to give light to the universe
Shiva had to open his third eye and so
he did and just like that just like that
he brought light and power to the world
but he see that the heat and the
strength of that third eye was so
powerful that it made probably break
into a sweat that story is something
that is so magical and stayed with me
till now from same Authority represents
wisdom some say it was represents
consciousness some say it represents
being psychic I don’t know but I
remember the story and I remember
thinking what if I could have a third
eye somewhere what if I could develop it
what if it would be real so I’d like to
try a quick experiment with you and like
someone from the audience to help me out
for this next bit higher the girl in the
second row yeah I am talking to you
right there don’t look back there’s a
second load won’t you come and join me
up in snakes but let’s give a round of
applause again
you’ll never Mike’s office thank you hi
hi your name is really go on just step
right here and be on the mat vinegar
have you ever met before be the girl no
all right you didn’t even know you were
gonna be picked yes okay with the car do
you play cards
no but do you know what they look like
yes yes
brilliant before we begin where the girl
I happen to have in my pocket my
smartphone it’s right here and I’d like
to give it to you and I’d like you to
put it in your pocket for a bit if you
don’t have a pocket employees all right
we get back to that a little bit how
much should imagine wake up oh wait do
you happen to have a deck of cards on
you no I’m a magician so I haven’t have
one in me but this way there is not
about me this is about you okay
so I want you to imagine pulling out a
deck of cards from thin air yeah put the
Mike for you and like you’re mad like
you imagine opening the box and pulling
out the deck all right
I know it sounds silly we’ll just go
with it okay and I want you to spread it
out right here in front of you
beautiful that’s not really good just
now where the gum one should take a
moment and if you only think of a card
have you got something yeah yes now most
people when I ask people to think of a
playing card most women tend to think of
the Queen of Hearts or the queen of
things men tend to think of the jack of
spades and people in general tend to
think of the ace of spades now that you
know that with a guy like you to make
sure that you’re not predictable and
like you to think of something at random
change your mind a few times just to be
sure and session or something have you
done so yes so now you have a single
card in your mind so now you have a
single card in your mind yes now I’d
like you to pick that card out from the
spread turn it around and like you to
put it back inside so now there’s only
one card
let’s face up in the spread yes
is there any way I could have known this
no medica for the first time out loud
for everybody right here I’d like you to
tell everyone what is the name of your
cards or is that long it’s that a of the
ace of spades
like I said most people tend to go for
the ace of spades
I told you that you still decided to go
for the ace of spades yes and that was
completely your choice yes you did
change your mind a few times yes all
right do you believe me where the guy if
I told you that I have a throat I know
most people don’t believe me when I say
that we believe me if I told you that I
used my third eye before I came here to
peek into the future and look at what
you would pick today no all right now we
should hold onto this remember the phone
I gave you more few moments ago you’ve
been holding on to it the whole time yes
I’m gonna take it back from you just
this moment and we will unlock it in
fact I don’t even want to touch the
screen I like you to touch click on my
photos and I’d like you to click on my
camera roll and the last picture that
I’ve taken
[Applause]
you mind telling everybody on the mic
and you say the name of the card out
loud can you tell me what time it is
right now it’s 1214 and can you tell me
thank you so much vinegar I’ll send it
back thanks so much for doing this
then get out of Gaza she walks back be
the government so this is what I
basically do I look at someone in the
face and I try and figure out what
they’re thinking but it wasn’t always
like this
my oldest memory is being probably six
or seven I think I was in the first
grade and I remember being in school in
school around this time I had a
reputation of sort of being like a fixer
so there is a problem between my friends
they would come up to me and I would
figure out a solution and solve it for
them understand this one math teacher we
had who was particularly terrible she
would hit us on our knuckles if he
hadn’t done off homework and send us
back crying so this one day we had this
india-pakistan cricket match going off
which is huge in the 90s still is and
everyone was at home watching the match
the next day I met my friends we
compared notes and everyone realized
that none of us had done our homework
and so all my friends turn to me and
they said sugar what do we do
no I had no idea what to do I hand don’t
know what is well but something
interesting had just happened
all my friends had turned to me and
believed in me that I’d come up with the
solution and neither the funny way of
doing this when someone believes in you
you tend to believe in yourself and
that’s what happened six seven year old
me you went out into the school ground
walk around for a bit
you found the school bell there’s an
old-style Bell I picked up a stone from
the ground I aimed it at the Bell and
through it then work but after a couple
of tries the stone hit the Bell it’s
rang and in the confusion school was off
glasses off and I was a hero
and my friends treated me to candies
four days after that remember as a child
life is full of possibilities sometimes
I want to be a postman sometimes I want
to be a pilot
sometimes I wanted to be an actor
sometimes a magician as I grew older in
my teens this attitude sort of changed I
remember being instead of friends now
they’re being bullies so now there’s
this time where as being bullying in
school and as a result I started so long
as he’s seething into her shell I said
observing people watching them talk
watching them react washing them behave
observing their body language observing
how they talk their expressions and I
didn’t know it then but maybe that is
when I actually started getting
interested in reading people now as as I
grew older I realized I knew what was
expected of me go to school graduate get
a job and so I pursued my passion of
becoming a filmmaker I went to
university I brought a degree and I got
a job in a nice company after I worked
for a couple of years making corporate
films for a production company until and
everything was perfect as planned until
one day when my boss offered me a
promotion in a different City and it was
perfect so it was it was the job I had
pursued this whole time it was
well-paying and it was everything I had
dreamed of but still something didn’t
feel right I realized that I wanted to
actually perform and I want to be a
storyteller rather time it seemed
impossible because I would I would have
this is a Rubik’s Cube most of us have
played with this at some point as kids
fewer of us have tried solving it fewer
still in actually managed to solve one
doing this is not just a Rubik’s Cube
this is much more than a Rubik’s Cube
this to me is a symbol of the human mind
although my mind at the time looked a
little more something like this
completely mixed up but that’s the thing
I realized something else magic is about
finding the middle ground between what’s
possible and the impossible and if you
can focus if you can accept all the
changes that you’re going through and
it’s just for a moment you can believe
then maybe you can do the impossible and
have everything thank you and so I
decided to go for broke and I decided to
take the plunge and I quit my job I went
that slowly and I reconnected and I
rediscovered my passion for magic I had
to start somewhere so I started on the
streets I would go up on the streets of
Bombay to random people I would do magic
to them turn around go to someone else
and do it all over again and that’s how
I sort of taught myself my art and the
process I also failed many times
surprisingly then matter because I loved
the before and I loved performing for
people on the streets even if I failed
it didn’t matter because it was so
gratifying failure had never been so
gratifying and so I went on also I
realized that at a time when I needed
the most
it was complete strangers on the streets
of Bombay who believed in me and when
they believed in me I believed in myself
these are the drill this guy is gonna
show us something interesting and if
it’s not it doesn’t matter
it’s all right and so as I went on I
realized that I have this interest in
psychology so I started reading up a lot
about psychology about psychological
techniques and then you organically my
magic swords so I start moving away from
traditional magic and more towards
psychology and psychological techniques
and just then I had like an epiphany
where if I could mix magic and
psychology maybe I could mix the two and
actually develop a third eye so I’d like
to do a one more quick experiment with
someone from the audience hi
the world who has a hand raised hi yes
you hi just step right here all right
thank you so much hi your name is Sami
Sami thank you so much for doing this so
Mia so may I have the element before no
we haven’t
we’ll be meet again with me right here
is a book it’s called A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens I’m sure some of you
would have read it it’s a classic and
not you to go through this this is a
book that I read as a kid and I fell in
love with and like it will go through
the pages so make sure it’s a normal
book make sure every page is different
and it’s not a trick book take all day
we have all the time in the world I’m
kidding it done all right all right so
let’s try this in a moment
I’m gonna ask you to test we saw me all
right I like you too I’m gonna ask you
to just stop somewhere in the pages and
I’d like you to just remember a word
okay but make sure it’s not a small
like your butt and if or they should
slightly bigger would okay yes are you
ready yes just gonna go like this
right in fact let’s go like this so it’s
easier yeah when you feel like stopping
just say stop stop right here yeah are
you sure
all right I want you to just look at the
first word over here for example got it
yeah all right just like that stop they
have a word in your mind right now yes
don’t say it out loud okay but I’d like
you look at the audience okay
and I’d like you to imagine this word
and just see it to yourself over and
over again over you know okay this is
this is not very long word this is not a
very short what am i right yep yes
excellent and they can just imagine
saying the word to yourself in your mind
but someone of the audience at random
and just imagine saying the word out to
them Matt screaming it out to them yeah
louder and louder in your mind louder
and louder we heard about energies and
vibrations imagine sending them through
the word to summon the audience louder
imagine the first alphabet look at so
many audience imagine the first alphabet
okay is it is there an A in this word
yes that is yes just 25 more letters to
go and you’re done I’m just kidding all
right doesn’t he in this word right
okay let’s try this I want to think what
the second half of it yes say it out in
your mind the second alphabet I’m saying
he in this mode as well that is is your
word a No then think so here’s where the
track all right think of the four salado
the second letter they lost stop think
of the last letter one more time the
last alphabet I’d like you to open your
mouth a little bit
this might sound silly but open your
mouth a little bit and I’d let you say
the word in your mind but don’t actually
say it
Samantha saying it’s the last alphabet
okay stop it’s sort of like a like an
like an like an L if you’re rolling your
tongue like an L yes yes all right let’s
try this I’d like you to close your eyes
and don’t open them until I tell you to
don’t worry I won’t no increased range
well I can’t promise that
we’ll just give her his clothes alright
ladies and gentlemen I’m gonna try and
tell you what it is because I think I
have it okay don’t say anything out loud
okay I’m gonna show you what I think she
is thinking of I think she’s thinking of
this then everyone’s here
yes all right and I can open your eyes
now I’m gonna give you a count of three
and then your loudest best public
speaking voice
I’d like you to yell out the word you’re
thinking of okay three wait you can
actually try and guess the error this is
not a three-letter word right it’s not
only longer only like five letters yeah
yes excellent okay let’s give you a
countdown three mmm one what is the word
you’re thinking of
and so and so I had this epiphany I
pursued it for a bit and I started
performing from the streets I started
performing in restaurants I start doing
deals on Sundays
at a time where there were hardly any
magicians performing at any menus and so
the table as I started doing stuff on
stage to start performing on stage and
as I kept performing the word sort of
spread out so people started inviting me
to do corporate shows and to perform it
other kinds of events and just like that
I was on my way I’ve been through a lot
since then but my journey throughout my
journey one thing has remained the same
a couple of things actually no one I
love to perform I still love performing
I realized that change is the only thing
that is constant it’s finally I realized
one more thing which I would love to
share with you was one thought that I’d
love to share with you so this next bit
I like to pull someone on stage hi how
about you yes hi your name is we thank
you so much for doing this do we I
before we begin I’d like to ask you how
we set anything up this is you didn’t
know you were gonna be back yes yes all
right we began this talk through E with
me sonic guessing a chord that someone
else was thinking of but I’d like to
teach you something I’d like to reverse
and do the opposite now I’d like for you
to guess what I am thinking about will
do be shocked we will be Sigma sir for
let me shop we will just assume a me
will translate those okay okay just
believe so let’s try this I have one
card remember I said I have a deck of
cards in my pocket because I’m a
all right I’d like you to hold on to it
in this deck of course there’s one card
that I had torn there on this one card
in the deck before I came here it’s
gonna be your jobs Rui to try and guess
what card I’m thinking about
okay okay all right so let’s try this I
want you to take a moment and I want you
to just think of a card in your mind if
you want to even change your mind a few
times you can settle on one but find the
card that you feel that that it pulls
out you find your rhythm find your card
got something yes yes
like I said change is the only thing
that’s constant so I’d like you to still
change it a few times just to be sure
yeah I’m good
okay despite changing and you’re fine
you sure about the one you want all
right let’s try this it’s only one card
inside Rui you know open the car open
the box for the first time before we go
on I want you to name the card that you
thought of say it out loud for the first
time for everyone nine of hearts nine of
hearts yeah all right I’m gonna open the
box like I said there’s only one card
that is facedown in this deck this
did you see it somewhere nope right
let’s go through it again just one God
right here I like it hold on do it don’t
turn it around just hold on to it all
right hold on to it and don’t turn her
on just yet
we’ll get back to in a quick moment we
can I’d like to share something with you
when I was a kid my favorite festival
was Christmas because Santa Claus and
presents and remember Santa Claus was
such a huge inspiration to me because
well on the year there was nothing and
just keep it straight then just this one
time I suddenly get so many presents so
I behaved myself all around the year
just to have an effect on that one day
now I remember this one day Christmas
Eve was coming I went to my friend’s
house I was smiling I was happy and I
said I looked at him I said hi and he
said why you smiling and I said I
kidding it’s Christmas Santa’s coming
and looted me and he said you do know
Santa Claus is not real right now I
didn’t want to seem uncool so I laughter
I said China is not real but I left and
I was heartbroken because he’s taken
away the one thing he’ll love away from
me and imagine if you love something so
much right now imagine if someone looked
it up way drifted away from you imagine
how you feel because that’s how I felt
at the time anyways I know you must be
wondering why I am telling you all this
now as I grew older I realize there is
only one thing that can stop Santa Claus
from being real do you know what that is
belief maybe yes you’re right it’s
belief belief is what makes the greatest
things in life come true and lack of
belief is what stops one of the greatest
things in life from being real I know
you’re wondering why I’m telling you all
this I’m telling you all this because
the Ruby you are one decision away from
changing the rest of your life you can
either choose to turn that card around
and risk ruining it for yourself and for
everybody else who’s watching or you can
choose to
leave you don’t need to look at it
because you know it’s the right one and
if you do choose to believe through it
I’ll take that card I put it back inside
and we’ll all go back home with a
special story this special moment that
we share together so what would you like
to do do you want to turn it around or
would you like to put it back back are
you sure yes you’d like to put it back
yes I like full drag all right
she’s made a decision the last time are
you sure yeah I’m sure I’m gonna take
this and I’m gonna put it back inside
the deck let’s have a round of applause
for Dillinger thank you I’m shaking Tama and believe thank you so much
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