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81 " If you are wearing a gold necklace do I say 'Please remove the necklace, so I may see the gold?' I can't see the gold without seeing the necklace, and I can't see the necklace without seeing the gold. There are multitudes of gold jewelry in the world, but there is only one substance 'Gold.' All the gold jewelry comes from this one substance, the jewelry takes many forms and shapes, but they all arise out of this one substance — gold. "
― Laurence Galian , Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence
82 " Spirit continuously manifests matter, and matter continuously manifests spirit. "
83 " For instance, many people are so afraid of facing the UNKNOWN that they cling to various paradigms: a given religion, philosophy, psychology, or political party. When these people decide to take a naked look at their beliefs, suddenly the enormous amount of energy expended in shoring up the paradigm is liberated to manifest one's desire. "
84 " There is a saying in the occult community that goes: The Gods need us as much as we need the Gods! "
85 " The Divine would be unknown if it wasn't for us. It would still be a Great Unknown Mystery. We make it come alive as we enter into relationship with it. Our bodies are the expression of the Divine. "
86 " Often we go through minutes, hours, and even days operating totally from our subconscious. We think we are in control, but the subconscious has established its own agenda and is really running the show. We are ASLEEP! Walking Zombies! "
87 " Often it is through a process of emptying the mind that transformation can occur. Ironically, the most powerful changes in our life can be triggered by a moment of emptiness. "
88 " Spirit and Flesh are merely two sides of the same reality; they can be somewhat independently analyzed, but only by acknowledging our being as a TOTALITY can the full REALITY of our existence be known. "
89 " If you are wearing a gold necklace do I say 'Please remove the necklace, so I may see the gold?' I can't see the gold without seeing the necklace, and I can't see the necklace without seeing the gold. "
90 " You acknowledge that you are both the one praying and the one being prayed to. "
91 " If you keep thinking your usual thoughts and doing your usual habitual actions, then the NEW and DIFFERENT cannot enter into your LIFE! "
92 " You might reflect on how a physician, in order to help an individual heal themselves, will sometimes cut into the individual's body and perform procedures which in any other context would be considered life-threatening. "
93 " Religion is obsessed with nature, because religion fears nature. Thus, religion attempts to reign in and control nature, including the nature of human sexuality. "
94 " There are multitudes of gold jewelry in the world, but there is only one substance 'Gold'. All the gold jewelry comes from this one substance, the jewelry takes many forms and shapes, but they all arise out of this one substance - gold. "
95 " Religion is obsessed with nature, because religion fears nature. "
96 " The great religions, the rituals of these religions, are only hints that once there stood on these banks one who flowed like water with the cosmos. That once a true system of awakening existed in some time and place, now there exists only mechanistic imitation, a monument carved out of rock, to this expression of fluidity. "
97 " If you are performing magick while asleep, you will only manifest more dreams. "
98 " By synthesizing contradictions you begin to achieve a unity of being and purpose. Unity arises through the equilibration of all opposites into the point of transcendence. "
99 " We are realizing the true WEIRDNESS and STRANGENESS of EXISTENCE. And if all this springs from some central source or point, that POINT must be very foreign, outlandish, exotic, in other words: ALIEN to us. "
100 " The observer is one and the mirrors are many. "