There are plenty of people who are not yet born

There are plenty of people who are not yet born. They all seem to be here, they walk about—but as a matter of fact, they are not yet born, because they are behind a glass wall, they are in the womb.
~Carl Jung, Kundalini Seminar

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Follow in the footsteps of your ancestors, for the mind is trained through knowledge

“Follow in the footsteps of your ancestors, for the mind is trained through knowledge. Behold, their words endure… follow their wise counsel.” – “The Book of Kheti,” The Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.

You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on an individual level. It’s got to happen inside first.” ~ Jim Morrison

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Nothing can make me falter on the path

“Nothing can make me falter on the path, once I have started on a journey.walk the path

Do you want to know why? Because some twenty years ago I had lost faith in humanity as individuals, and love it collectively, and work universally instead of working for it individually. (more…)

Spiritual deepening is not necessarily a benign, nice, neat, or comfortable process

“It is understatement in the extreme to say that spiritual deepening is not necessarily a benign, nice, neat, or comfortable process.maze

Initially we may flirt with spiritual opening, doing some meditation practices, reading spiritual or metaphysical literature, trying out different teachers and teachings, perhaps hoping that our spiritual experiences will make us happier or more successful, but when we go — or are compelled to go — beyond spiritual dilettantism and cultism, reaching the point where we don’t give a damn about being spiritually correct and where spiritual deepening is not an option but a fundamental need, we find that it is much more of a sacrificial process than we bargained for, necessarily bringing us face to face with all that we have turned away from, risen above, or otherwise avoided in ourselves. (more…)