Mskied

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  1. Knowledge is very simple

    That will fit if you believe that there is something outside of manifest reality that guides us, and I suppose that could be true, but as we are not only potentially that, we are also choice, the only answer is what we call Free Will, and so both take part. Both are equal parts of our ability to control and interact with destiny.
  2. Knowledge is very simple

    Which is why I felt that Crowleys answer to the problems of imperfect civilization is not good enough because he did not take the steps to alter the affairs of man, only to liberate them to alter them, according to their Will, and not with reasonable observations about what makes a safe and healthy society
  3. Knowledge is very simple

    You can have complete freedom in choice but the events in which you are put into are set in motion prior to your interaction, and so, the events themselves make up destiny, and this is something we can alter- with freedom of choice.
  4. Do What Thou Wilt

    nor you. When it comes to what other people have said, I am probably wrong, because 1. I have not invested myself in reading and thinking about what they said and 2. The only person that can really understand someone is the person speaking. Its very difficult to declare that we "know" what any other person means or intends- as language is faulty. All matter of observation is always and ever will be only opinion. This is an old philosophical argument. When it comes to my opinion, only I am right about what I experience. Same for you. When it comes to actual facts of events- there is the actual result- this man shot that man, and the facts; this man shot that man BECAUSE....
  5. Knowledge is very simple

    This goes back to the Law of Do What Thou Wilt. We are free to accept what is, or change it. To live free or die for freedom. These people had obstacles, but they could have fought against them.
  6. Do What Thou Wilt

    exactly! Of course I’m crazy, but that doesn’t mean that I’m wrong
  7. Knowledge is very simple

    destiny [ˈdestinē] NOUN the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. "she was unable to control her own destiny" the hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate. Im not certain either one of us are absolutely correct on this subject. The events that will necessarily happen- if a man is blind, he will necessarily experience some reaction or result of being blind based on how he acts in accordance to his blindness, and how other people respond to it. Is it his destiny to be blind? yes. Is it his destiny to hate life? No. Necessarily, he will encounter obstacles to life based on blindness. Now imagine if he was not blind, he would still be destined to live and react according to whatever set of circumstances he encounters. Do these factors mean that our destiny is different dependent upon things like blindness? Perhaps all people have the same destiny- to live and to die. What is the hidden power to control what will happen in the future? Perhaps it is some unseen thing that cannot be avoided by either blindness or personal Will. If that is the case, then the idea here is that all people have the same destiny- to live and to die, but that the actual experiences of life are based upon the set of circumstances that we are born into and with. Is that destiny, or is it fate? Can we avert this by taking control of what goes on with these factors? I think we can.
  8. Knowledge is very simple

    What he experiences IS his destiny. Something we can take into our own hands.
  9. Do What Thou Wilt

    Nungali there are so many missed points between you and I that it is a never ending frayed thread to try to weave together to show you where we miss communication on what one and the either is saying. One point, and I am only choosing just one because there are so many, is that when I was talking about the Septagram you kept thinking I was talking about the faery star- I wasn't, I amended and said I actually misspoke and didn't know anything about the faery star. I have since, repeatedly, admitted to having less knowledge about structured systems and kept my comments to my own interpretation of my own experience, stopping referencing the work of others and started speaking directly from my own, but you will not relent and admit that I have altered course. All you want to do is insult me based on what you feel is inadequate research on things you have researched, and I really have nothing to comment on about those things anymore. Yes, you have read more than me, and whether that means you understand their concepts better I do not know, I only know that I understand my process and my concepts, and am trying to share them here cleanly, without accessing other philosophers work- but you and perhaps others refuse to allow me my understanding, and denounce any opinion I have on subjects that overlap with other thinkers. If this is going to be the path you pursue in objecting to the fact that I have anything legitimate to say, then so be it. Unfortunately I did not take the path of discipleship, devotion, or academia- I choose to contemplate on my own course, based on my experience with the septagram- which you haven't got, because that wasn't your course. When I said "You either know or you don't know" about this star, I meant it- you either know what it can do or you don't, and in my case, you don't know what it did for me.
  10. Knowledge is very simple

    I guess it depends upon what you consider to be the factors in destiny. A person with blindness might be fated to be blind, but is it his destiny to be treated poorly because of it?
  11. Knowledge is very simple

    I see a Saint as simply someone that devotes their efforts to taking care of the needs of others, whether that is an intellectual need, or a material need. When it comes to taking care of the intellectual needs of others, I see two kinds of Saints based on the opposites of Chaos and Order. The Chaos Saint leads a person to realizing the vast and complicated variety of perspectives that make up the human race as we try to navigate all the various opinions and observations that make up this very complicated pattern of people weaving together their personal Will and want into a collective that unites to succeed together. The Order Saint, which is in some ways also the Chaos Saint, is the one that brings about a clear path to making sense of Will and want, except that in the context that they differ from a Chaos Saint is that they have a more firm objective of a perfect symmetry where all people reach a level of agreeable interaction based on the same common principal, one that probably involves absolute fairness, security, lack of depravity and harm- and to this end I really believe this is the secret goal of most idealists that pursue "the Good". Many people want their own want and Will to be strong enough to accomplish their want and Will, but an Order Saint is less about personal want and more about a community want that is peaceful, fair, and successful without harming.
  12. Knowledge is very simple

    I don't think you see the potential of what I am presenting here. The initial information has nothing to do with a God, though should that be a desire of yours, then it can. Later in the thread I include God, because I choose to participate in that design for my own reasons. No one else has to, and so I wonder why you would include this as a prerequisite to my advice.
  13. Knowledge is very simple

    It would include all art, actually.
  14. Knowledge is very simple

    Please consider carefully what I say initially. We begin life with a set of DNA/knowledge/ability/attributes- and we are raised by others with the same sort of combination of ideas, acted out how they feel it should be represented, and we grow in their care and develop our identity and definitions of reality based on these limited exposures to people in roles, and the words in books and images on screens and paper. This is "destiny" and it is naturally happening all the time. When a person decides to take control of this, they reject who they are and contemplate nothing, recognizing that fundamentally, all they are is consciousness, the awareness of it being formed by the aforementioned attributes. When you can scale back these things, and choose to define them according to what you have later decided to be true- rather than what was represented- you can avert destiny and forge your own path through identity, and life.
  15. Knowledge is very simple

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ITWtozyqw just for sake of sharing the song in my head im going to post this gem
  16. Knowledge is very simple

    I think this is a matter of choice, dependent upon ones own interpretation of cause. Were existence to be Truly Infinite and accidental, then sure, Ain Sof fits the bill, and there is no need for a God other than yourself. I hold onto hope for a Creator, I guess, and if not, I will at least acknowledge that someone has ascended to immortality, male or female. Perhaps Creator is neither, and so its just default to say "God" which, if Im not mistaken, is a feminine word anyway.
  17. Knowledge is very simple

    In all of life there is the observations of the individual, and to them, their interpretation will hopefully match their ideal, and to them, their ideal is beautiful (if not to you). All of life is our attempt at getting our vision accomplished, and as God is an observer of life, He probably admires each of us in our fashion of examination, contemplation and experimentation- and so it would be Wise to consider that all Wisdom is valid to those that observe it. One can sit back and admire this, having no Will of their own, or one can declare "I too want my vision to be satisfied!" Whatever the desire, these things are beautiful, as they are products of this waking world, where Free Will is our greatest asset (and sometimes, our greatest fault- but would you have it any other way?) Even for those that dwell in sadness of failing to achieve, or wondering at a loss that they cannot live the life they desire, there is something to observe, though I would hesitate to call it beauty, and this is where I must put on my priestly robe and advise that for those of us that understand, that we bring understanding to these little flowers, for they do indeed deserve this right as well.
  18. Do What Thou Wilt

    Okay. And I suppose you are the authority on what he would say, right? Whatever dude, Im outta here! GOOD NIGHT
  19. Knowledge is very simple

    For those of you interested in my notes on Tarot and Qabalah, I want to say that if you are using the Greek or non-Jewish version, be certain to define all the attributes that they add to the Sephira- do this by finding the source material for the Gods and come to comprehending their myth. Remember that the heart of the Tree is Hebrew, but that the English version is a solid translation. Most versions I have seen do not muddy the actual Sephira, applying only the most fundamental attributes to their English versions. It is best to only focus on the actual 10, and notice that, as with the Tarot, this is a story about what life will bring you, and how to manage it. It is a simple map of what it takes to live a successful life. We employ strength and mercy in the right combination and we find beauty and symmetry. We explore the subconscious as we climb to the third Sephira to examine our concepts that linger within our psyche. We find our ideal in Kether, and the Will in the 2nd Sephira as we descend into the rest of the Tree to learn about ourselves, and our world, all of which is played out in Malkuth, and in Malkuth are ideals, as in Kether. As far as Tarot, these are roles, and encounters on that path. The final cards to consider are the Emperor and the Chariot- the vehicles we use as modes of comprehending the Universe and the role we take in leading our lives through this journey. These two tools can be accessed through personal practice at a devotional pace, or through other mystical states, and it is in the higher mystical states that things get complicated- I advise going the route of devotion. The path of dramatic interpretation takes longer and can be much harder to endure.
  20. Do What Thou Wilt

    Then please honor this. I think your hero would nod in agreement.
  21. Do What Thou Wilt

    That criticism didn't need to be heeded by me, though I see your point if I were to try to reach a certain audience. There is nothing wrong with speaking directly to someone and telling them what to do, and for those that are keen on learning, shouldn't mind that presentation. Its something you tailor to people that get prickly when their mother tells them to make their bed, and I suppose if I am in the act of advising on Wisdom, these are the ones that most need to hear me, so thank you, though I don't recall abusing this word in the first place, that was someone else.
  22. The only controversy from what I initially wrote is that the caterpillar is simply devouring and travelling, and not pitching in to the tending of the garden. The controversy I comment on comes later in this thread.
  23. I am no child, either. Everything is as it should be, though it might not be how you want it.
  24. Do What Thou Wilt

    I don't want to sleep with any of you, and the only respect I ask is not to be insulted, to be recognized for admitting error, and to be tolerated in this public space to post my observations how I wish, and to reply to whom and how I wish.