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In the process of becoming a person of gnosis, there are four “enemies” to be overcome. The first enemy is fear. Once fear is overcome, the sojourner must overcome the clarity that dawns, which in effect blinds them; overcoming clarity, they come into power and must overcome its ordeal. Then, in the end, the final enemy is old age, and that, too, must be overcome.
Gnosis of Guadalupe
Tau Malachi and Elder Gideon
I wish somebody designed a board game to make people understand that life is positive-sum; that the downside of most moves is never really as steep as it seems; that the upside can be unbounded; and that the best thing one can do is make as many moves as possible. In Marc Andreessen’s words, “optimize for the maximum number of swings of the bat.”
Nobody Cares – Florent Crivello
florentcrivello.com
I am no drunkard, but I am no saint either. A medicine man shouldn’t be a saint. He should experience and feel all the ups and downs, the despair and the joy, the magic and the reality, the courage and fear of his people. He should be able to sink as low as a bug or soar like an eagle. You have to be God and the devil, both of them. Being a good medicine man means being right in the midst of the turmoil, not shielding yourself from it. It means experiencing life in all its phases. It means not being afraid of cutting up and playing the fool now and then. That’s sacred too.
Psychomagic
Alejandro Jodorowsky
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