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Ritual is like charging a bettery. It is as bad as worship. Wherein worship the pratictioner denotes himself as being less than worthy to an exhalted entity. This is foolish, as all are equal in spirit. This is giving one's mind away to an external being; many of which want to reap your energy. Ritual is like putting he or she who ritualizes on a bike and telling him or her to peddle for purity. This is foolish as all spirit/soul/will/conciouseness is pure. The only thing this process does is create exess energy to feed the demons. This is not to say that we aught not respect spirits; other incarnations of ourself the Oneness. Of course we should. But we should pay respect to honor the spirit; not worship in fear of badness. This is not to say that we aught not show our respect, cast spells, meditate, pray. Rather, we should do so for respect; treating ourself and the entities we worth with as equals and not a hyrical relationship when it comes to the value of our souls. Also, the ritual should not be done for the sake of purify what is already and always pure, less there be badness. Rather, ritual should be the working of concousness to achieve a goal. One can never achieve purity as all is already pure. Thus, one can not achieve what one has already achieved and never looses.

[yass]

The Words of Agur

1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle.
The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

2 Surely I am more stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man.

3 Neither have I learned wisdom,
Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

4 Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

5 Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

6 Do not add to His words
Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.

7 Two things I asked of You,
Do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep deception and lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

9 That I not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the LORD?”
Or that I not be in want and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

10 Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

11 There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

12 There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

13 There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

14 There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

15 The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:

16 Sheol, and the barren womb,
Earth that is never satisfied with water,
And fire that never says, “Enough.”

17 The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.

18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Four which I do not understand:

19 The way of an eagle in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

21 Under three things the earth quakes,
And under four, it cannot bear up:

22 Under a slave when he becomes king,
And a fool when he is satisfied with food,

23 Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband,
And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.

24 Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:

25 The ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;

26 The shephanim are not mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;

27 The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ranks;

28 The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

29 There are three things which are stately in their march,
Even four which are stately when they walk:

30 The lion which is mighty among beasts
And does not retreat before any,

31 The strutting rooster, the male goat also,
And a king when his army is with him.

32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself
Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

33 For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.


Proverbs 30

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Writing on the Door
Soonest Baf

I can no sooner save myself with ritual than I can through worship. As worship renders me a beggar, ritual automates me into being a generator. A pyramid's power is in its base, not its capstone. Deeper than that, no entity can give me as prize or take from me as penance my perfect will that is innate and impervious. No ritual or act can absolve me from impurity that I distract myself with; illusory beast of my own creation. Or placate my inequities that are self imposed limitations.

Morality can never be decided for one by another or the many. Rather, all must decide for themselves what they desire and craft their own paths of achieving. Truth is not decided by the amount of disciples I bequeath. Nor by the amount of sleeping I awake. These things are my gift to the world, to each of you. But they in no way validate what exists outside the realm of illusion.

Learning the truth will not set you free. Rather, it will illuminate you to the picture. But lighting the picture does not teach you to paint; to be the artist. It reveals only to you the brushes and the canvas that were there long before the light came on with a picture already painted. One you painted, putting in yourself many times in many ways. Then turned off the light and forgot. You lit a little candle, and identified with the first face you saw. Now that all is clear to you there is no shadow left to quarter the darkness. You learn you are also the rocks, the water, and the mountains. And again, as the artist, you are of course sitting on the river side. Do you realize you're in a painting too?

There is nothing that must be done; that must be appeased or fallowed. These are childish and cherished ideas fawned over by those afraid of the responsibility inherent in personal liberty. They abdicate their will to the scary serpents that offer in return for their complete capitulation the stagnating station of arrested ignorance. I can bring a horse to water, but not make it drink. That is why I do not waste my efforts bringing horses to water.

We came here to ride, as that is all this was and can ever be. We do what we will as this is the law. I need not the sun to rise to lift me up. Nor the moon to whisper secrets in my ears so that I can survive with the fittest. The truth; almost no one ever accepts. It seems too simple, even in the face of insurmountable proof and experience to be itself. We are all one; and Oneness is as it choses to be. Every moment; in the forever in an instant.

[alison]

" Be careful how you think
Because your thoughts will shape your life"

;)

[pythaem]

American Sioux Proverb

the Creator gathers all the animals and says: "I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it - the realization that they create their own reality."

"Give it to me. I'll fly it to the Moon," says the eagle.

"No, one day soon they will go there and find it."

"How about the bottom of the ocean?" asks the salmon.

"No, they will find it there too."

"I will bury it in the great plains," says the buffalo.

"They will soon dig and find it there."

"Put it inside them," says the wise grandmother mole.

"Done," says the Creator. "It is the last place they will look."

[paloem]

love thy god and,... do thy will ..

not a proverb but a biblical quote non the less .

what can you teach the student who knows the answers to everything already

science tells us to evaluate and gather facts before making judgement on any theories, however spirtuality doesn't lend itself to the gathering of physical proof this is where faith comes in. science would tell you that the universe is a mystery and the small amount of knowledge that we have on physics is constantly being disproved and revaluated.
this is why i believe in a creator and bow down in admiration and joy at being given the chance to participate in this creation. i also beg for forgiveness as i am aware of my own flaws and hope to improve as i go along.

im not a god im just a boy, in the dark trying to find the light

edit:
well really im four or five people stuck inside this thirty something year old all old all of them saying something different all at once its a bit confusing

[suthseaxan]

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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. English Proverb

A clear conscience is a soft pillow. German Proverb

A closed mouth catches no flies. Italian Proverb

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Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime. Jewish Saying

Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. Indian Proverb

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald.
Eastern Proverb :D

Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. French Proverb

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Chinese proverb

Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. English Proverb

No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.
John Heywood "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)

Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. French Proverb

Procrastination is the thief of time.
Proverb of Unknown Origin

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Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. Spanish Proverb

Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.
English Proverb

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Take thy thoughts to bed with thee, for the morning is wiser than the evening. Russian Proverb

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When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. Ethiopian proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. African Proverb