As a great master once observed: "There are two methods of becoming god, the upright or the averse. … - Peter J. Carroll

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While old men feel sensibly enough their own advance in years, they do not sufficiently recollect it in those whom they have seenyoung.

Peter J. Carroll

As a great master once observed: "There are two methods of becoming god, the upright or the averse. " Let the mind become as a flame or a pool of still water.

Becoming, Flames, Master, Observed, Two, Water

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So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just end up bored with themselves, bereft of any depth of inner resources, suffocated by the inhibitions that defend their own monolithic identities.

Life, Self, Bored, Monolithic, Bereft

In Chaos Magic, beliefs are not seen as ends in themselves, but as tools for creating desired effects.

Creating, Magic, Tools, Chaos, Beliefs

Only through absolute loyalty to each other can the few control the many.

Absolute, Absolutes, Control, Loyalty

The conscious mind is a maelstrom of fleeting thoughts, images, sensations, feelings, conflicting desires, and doubts; barely able to confine its attention to a single clear objective for a microsecond before secondary thoughts begin to adulterate it and provoke yet further trains of mental discourse. If you do not believe this, then attempt to confine your conscious attention to the dot at the end of this sentence without involving yourself in any other form of thinking, including thinking about the dot.

Believe, Thinking, Feelings, Single, Maelstrom, Clear

That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.

Gains, Power, Strange, Unexpected

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While old men feel sensibly enough their own advance in years, they do not sufficiently recollect it in those whom they have seenyoung.

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I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan

. . . there is simply nothing so important to a people and its government as how many of them there are, whether their number is growing or declining, how they are distributed as between different ages, sexes, and different social classes and racial and ethnic groups, and again, which way these numbers are moving.

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John Wesley Harding

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.

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