I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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The mystery of life is not a problem to solve but a reality to experience.
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Some would say it is better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven. I view these ideas as pessimistic. I plan to conquer both Heaven and Hell.
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This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief in barriers to understanding. You put aside understanding itself. This universe cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be detected in any way by fixed perceptions. It is the ultimate void where no preordained screens occur upon which forms may be projected. You have only one awareness here — the screen of the magi: Imagination! Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos.
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Without change something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
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Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
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Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows? Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away. Your life is stolen. You tarried with trifles, Victim of your folly.
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To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen.
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What do you despise? By this are you truly known.
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