What is one to do when, in order to rule men, it is necessary to deceive them?
~ Helena Blavatsky ~
The Secret Doctrine
What is one to do when, in order to rule men, it is necessary to deceive them?
~ Helena Blavatsky ~
The Secret Doctrine
This entire world is artificial, real eyes realize!!!
Shalom, Khalfani
The word aura is derived from the Greek "avra" meaning breeze. Just as breezes come in many forms, so do auras: warm, gulf winds...cold gusts...autumn breezes... hurricanes... perhaps there is something to the expression of "being blown away." Like a breeze, the aura is a moving field able to be registered by the things it affects.. .like a rippling meadow. The aura is an electromagnetic field of energy surrounding and permeating all living forms. Everything living has one and, like snowflakes, each one is unique. Clairvoyance is the ability to see auras. The clairvoyant experience is also unique in that two "psychics" looking at the same aura are likely to see differing manifestations of the same field. This is because each person's psychological filtering mechanism is somewhat unique, as well. There are no "clear channels" just different interpretations.
The feeling of wealth produces wealth; the feeling of being successful produces success; keep this in mind at all times. The subconscious mind is like a bank—a sort of universal bank; it magnifies whatever you deposit or impress upon it, whether it is good or evil.
To prosper means to advance along all lines in wisdom, under- standing, and material possessions. Money represents wealth; it is a symbol of exchange; it represents freedom, opulence, luxury, and refinement. I do not know of anyone who says that he has too much; in all probability he is looking for more.
Joseph Murphy - THE MIRACLES OF YOUR MIND
19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!
I writhe in pain.
Oh, the agony of my heart!
My heart pounds within me,
I cannot keep silent.
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;
I have heard the battle cry.
20 Disaster follows disaster;
the whole land lies in ruins.
In an instant my tents are destroyed,
my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “My people are fools;
they do not know me.
They are senseless children;
they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil;
they know not how to do good.”
Blake Mycoskie, founder, chief shoe giver of TOMS:
In my 20s I wish I knew that the best advice for any person is to follow their passion as opposed to chasing money. I've seen time and time again that the people who foster their true passions and true callings are the ones that end up the most successful.
It's hard in your 20s not to worry about money, but to focus on making sure you do something you love. Today, I feel like every time I've made a decision at TOMS that I'm passionate about and improves someone's life, the company grows and makes more money.
Once a man senses the presence of the Divine in all things he is able to arrive at a sense of equality that makes him in some secret and inviolable corner of his being untouched by victory or defeat, pleasure or pain, position or prestige. He becomes so intent on doing the work of the Secret Self that he abandons almost altogether the uses of the ego and so achieves a kind of selflessness in his appearance to the world.... Equality is the goal.
To be equal is to be unafraid. To know that there inhabits all others the same being that inhabits you is to achieve a psychic confidence that enables you to place your life and hopes and energies in the hands of this being without a qualm, with absolute certainty that you will be guided to perform that work that you must do, in the best of all possible ways, at the best of all possible times.
Ah, yes. The all-important question. What flavor of shit sandwich would you like to eat? Because here’s the sticky little truth about life that they don’t tell you at high school pep rallies:
Everything sucks, some of the time.
Now, that probably sounds incredibly pessimistic of me. And you may be thinking, “Hey Mr. Manson, turn that frown upside down.” But I actually think this is a liberating idea.
Everything involves sacrifice. Everything includes some sort of cost. Nothing is pleasurable or uplifting all of the time. So the question becomes: what struggle or sacrifice are you willing to tolerate? Ultimately, what determines our ability to stick with something we care about is our ability to handle the rough patches and ride out the inevitable rotten days.
If you want to be a brilliant tech entrepreneur, but you can’t handle failure, then you’re not going to make it far. If you want to be a professional artist, but you aren’t willing to see your work rejected hundreds, if not thousands of times, then you’re done before you start. If you want to be a hotshot court lawyer, but can’t stand the 80-hour workweeks, then I’ve got bad news for you.
What unpleasant experiences are you able to handle? Are you able to stay up all night coding? Are you able to put off starting a family for 10 years? Are you able to have people laugh you off the stage over and over again until you get it right?
What shit sandwich do you want to eat? Because we all get served one eventually.
Might as well pick one with an olive.