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“Well, it means that man is the crossroads of two abysses, equally bottomless and equally inaccessible: the outer and inner worlds. And just as the stars, planets, comets, nebula, and other heavenly bodies move according to laws that we understand but poorly, though they are strictly preordained -- are you listening to me, Benedikt? -- so it is that moral law, all our imperfections notwithstanding, is preordained, etched with a diamond blade on the tablets of the conscience! Inscribed in fiery letters in the Book of Being. And even if this book is hidden from our myopic eyes, even if it is hidden in the valley of mists, behind seven gates, even if its pages are mixed up, its alphabet barbaric and indecipherable, it still exists, young man! It shines even at night! Our life, young man, consists of the search for this book. It is a sleepless path through the dense forest, groping our way, an unexpected acquisition!”

Book:The Slynx

Work

The Slynx

This novel explores themes of survival, adaptation, and the human condition in a world reshaped by the Slynx pandemic. more

Author

Tatyana Tolstaya

Tatyana Tolstaya, born on May 3, 1951, is a Russian television writer known for her profound emotional expression and sharp insights into social issues. more

“Have you ever felt like you're drowning Drowning in everything around you And when you scream deaf ears are evident When you reach out for a hand everyone seems unaware Have you ever felt like this Like every road you take leads to pure destruction And you can't seem to find the right path When all you really want to do is get away from everyone and everything Isolated”

Life Pain Time Lessons Confused

Author:Kabashe Pillay

“I call this theory mystical pluralism because of its similarity to John Hick’s pluralist interpretation of religion. The theory is essentialist in both the therapeutic and epistemological senses described above. Its thesis is that mystical traditions initiate common transformative processes in the consciousness of mystics. Though mystical doctrines and practices may be quite different across traditions, they nevertheless function in parallel ways—they disrupt the processes of mind that maintain ordinary, egocentric experience and induce a structural transformation of consciousness. The essential characteristic of this transformation is an increasingly sensitized awareness/knowledge of Reality that manifests as (among other things) an enhanced sense of emotional well-being, an expanded locus of concern engendering greater compassion for others, an enhanced capacity to creatively negotiate one’s environment, and a greater capacity for aesthetic appreciation.”

Religion Transformation Of Consciousness Mystical Pluralism

Book:Unity of Mystical Traditions: The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism

Source: Unity of Mystical Traditions: The Transformation of Consciousness in Tibetan and German Mysticism

“We lit candles. Hema fell to her knees, the flame throwing a flickering light on her face. Her lips moved. She believed in every kind of deity, and in reincarnation and resurrection–she knew no contradictions in these areas. How I admired her faith, her lack of self-consciousness—a Hindu lighting candles to a Carmelite nun in a Catholic church. I knelt, too. I addressed God and sister Mary Joseph Praise and Shiva and Ghosh—all the beings I carried with me in the flesh and in spirit. Thank you for letting me be alive, letting me see this marble dream. I felt a great peace, a sense that coming to this spot had completed the circuit, and now a blocked current would flow and I could rest. If ecstasy meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me”

Transformation Of Consciousness

Book:Cutting for Stone

Source: Cutting for Stone

“The reason that you cannot feel any [spiritual] progress in yourself is that you cannot feel spiritual. There is no such thing as a person’s feeling spiritual. That is as impossible as feeling that you are honest or feeling that you are moral.”