Philosophy of Thelema

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“Rule your mind or your mind rules you” (Buddha)

Buddha derived his concepts of the mind from introspection (know thyself), an operation modus apparently lost to the Occidental civilisation whose scientists try to confine mind into their cerebrums and to explain its enormous capacities with electrical & chemical activities.

Yet mind is apparently more active than ever, considering the growing problems the members and victims of the Occident suffer.

Attempts to solve them with computers, genetics, pharmaceuticals, algorithms, IT´s, AI´s, etc, are counterproductive, as they deprive mind and its beholder of the ability to take care of the problems.

(Serious researchers of all ages consider ignorance of the true nature and capabilities of the mind the major problem of mankind)

Hindu, Buddhist, Dao and Zen schools offer ways and methods to investigate and handle the mind and even to transcend its limitations. Lacking aggression and operating with faith, patience & compassion, they are poorly equipped to deal with the onslaught of a mindless civilisation which, driven by egos, greed, envy, fear, hatred, etc, etc, aims to rule the world.

Nothing new, many civilisations have tried it before and always failed, either because of competitors, internal corruption or auto-destruction - latter seem to be the fate of occidental civilisation.

That its finale Is - due to the auto acceleration/fragmentation dynamic of Dualism – rapidly nearing, ought not to call for celebration as this monstrosity is going to continue devouring minds, peoples and natures until its very end, which thus can be expected to entail mental, social & nature disasters.

Moreover, there are going to be plenty of leftovers from the beliefs and myths that have been nourishing the occident for two millennia, innumerable cultural rituals, ego & power abstructs, religious, economical & social constructs and so on - some of them harmless, others potentially enduring threats that need to be eliminated, in order for our children to be born and grow up in a healthy world and to live according to each ones True Will & Nature.

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Do what thou Wilt - Love under Will, the principal Law of Thelema, enables to override the dualities innate in the Selfrealisation process.

continued in in AHA

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What did the young flower say to the old flower that was drying out?

Do what thou wilt.

(Thank u. All original material.)

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When the 8 R/P poles linear related a cubelike R/P constellation with 2 viewpoints comes about. Their inter/extrapolation is arbitered by a virtual 3rdviewpoint called “I”. Its Latin namesake “ego” has become the trademark of its domain, renown for entrapping its beholders and to impede the Selfrealisation process – particularly where ego pretends to be its none plus ultra.

A delusion which LAL III attacks with Ra-Hoor-Khuit, the self declared god of war and vengeance (III-3) who exposes the vile motivations, abstructs, machinations and consequent auto-destruction of the collective, culture and universe (III-72) of ego.

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Religions, philosophies, cosmologies, collective- ego- and many other constructs are also manifestations of Selfrealisation attempts but often obstacles as well, particularly when motivated by weak forces like emotions.

Will & Love, the strong force (urge/drive) of Selfrealisation, is often confused with the emotions of wishes and desires that emanate from the Reflections/Projections (R/P) of the mind.

There are lots of talks about free will, usually motivated by the hope to get wishes fulfilled, but where there is Will there are neither wishes nor hopes.

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Selrealisation may focus on ALL, or on individual perfection: latter requiers dealing with personal hang-ups, prior does not bother about them as, according to LAL, ALL is a continuum that breathes the phenomena of ConsiousNess.

´None, breathed the light, faint & feary, of the stars, and two´ (LAL II -28)

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Thelema is for the strong, the keen, the individual determined to realise itself and has thus no space nor time for compassion with“others”
Moreover, compassion tends to tolerate and legitimate weaknesses – notably emotions.

Most emotions are escape motions that turn into aggression and fear when cornered.

Apropos: fear can be eliminated by doing everything that provokes and drives it to its limits.

Ra-Hoor-Khuit applies in LAL III emotions against emotions, particularly where shock-effects are useful.

LAL III unveils the hang-ups of Dualism and its flagship, the Occidental civilisation, and thus accelerates its auto-destruction.

Auto-destruction occurs when phenomena of the mind are processed with the R/P mode of Dualism which, due to its dual linear setup divides & multiplies i.e. fragments the phenomena.

Mind is the mother of civilisations.

“The mind is like a garden, and we must tend to it with care and attention” (Koshi Uchiyama)

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“Being great enough to pervade the whole Universe, mind should not be busied with trivialities ” (Hui Neng)

“When the mind is at peace, the world too is at peace. Nothing real, nothing absent. Not holding on to reality, not getting stuck in the void, you are neither holy or wise, just an ordinary fellow who has completed his work.” P’ang Yün

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