College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

@Hannah I have this experience often too. It reminds me about how a few years ago, there were all of these articles about how younger generations aren't doing very well at argumentative essay writing in academia because they often don't want to pick a side or argue an opinion. I remember reading these articles and thinking that was a silly complaint to make since there's also a big push within academia to see both sides and become well rounded. I am also reminded that the devil is in the details haha. I tend to remain quiet since I disarm my own speech before it has even surfaced, but I appreciate that you emphasized listening to the Will. I have found that situations where I feel that I have acted and spoken authentically can easily lose their clarity and certainty after the fact when the Will gets ignored. I will have to continue to think about that.

Thank you for sharing your work and insights. Sacred Geometry and Numerology are fascinating subjects, especially when combined with art and symbolic expression. I find it interesting how different systems use numbers, patterns, and archetypes to interpret energy and life experiences. Recently, I have also been exploring concepts such as the Destiny Matrix compatibility chart, which looks at how numerical patterns may influence relationships, communication styles, and personal growth. It’s always interesting to compare how different numerological frameworks approach similar themes. Your interpretation of the 30/3 vibration and its connection with creative manifestation is thought-provoking. I look forward to reading more of your posts and learning about your perspective on vibration, symbolism, and sacred geometry. Namaste!

Presented with options, we turn away from the Divine every day in large ways and small ways, in conscious ways and unconscious ways. Accumulatively, if the choice is to errantly associate gratification of the “self” with Truth, the path tends toward “Black.” Rectifications of direction—intent—are entirely feasible where the Right Relationship with Self is established and the path corrected. The weight of change, tendency, habits, baseness—is a lot to overcome. If there were an “Ultimate Choice,” to be a “Black Brother,” I am not sure how it could/would be unmade. If it could be unmade, it was never the true choice.

@jjones I once took a medical anthropology course and we explored a lot about how sick people have been received by different cultures, spoiler alert, not well! Oftentimes they are naturally isolated and perceived as being in judgement for some kind of sin. I think part of this reaction is adaptive to prevent spreading infection... yes, totally Nepheshic. Today we know much more about particular kinds of illnesses, which is transmissible and so on... yet still people with chronic illnesses with no chance of spread are still isolated and stigmatized.

@jjones thank you so much for making this post! We went camping and I dropped the ball. Your response makes sense (I didn't read the chapter). I think different parts of ourself are naturally drawn out by different environments and relationships, and this is very healthy. I think it brings to mind the flexibility of our persona as a mask, we can try on different masks to suit our environment, but ultimately we are not one mask entirely.

It's impossible to say what any psychopath's True Will might be. I feel the True Will is individual. For example, it's not uncommon for people to think they want or need something, and then work at achieving, obtaining, or manifesting it. But in reality, this desire or need, or the drive to achieve, obtain, or manifest it, came from another person connected to them. Then, this was not the person's True Will. Other than the obvious divergent wiring, I don't see how a psychopath is any different from any other, regarding their True Will. Unless I've misunderstood.

I saw a short video how in Hinduism there is a teaching that the last thing you think when you die determines how you will reincarnate. Then he said that sleeping is a rehearsal for death, so that every night before you go to sleep to mind your thoughts. I didn’t get what he recommended what you think. I decided to think about all the love I have not only with my partner; but everyone, all my friends, and all my temple members. This was a wonderful practice I will continue.

@zeph that is fair but.. viewing one's circumstance as "fortunate" as in the case of a debilitating chronic disease does not make the disease magically disappear. And because the disease doesn't disappear, doesn't mean that person hasn't changed their mindset enough to return to health. People under oppression of body, mind, and society, can choose to grow stronger as a result of their experience, but just because they are experiencing misfortune (in the objective case of literal oppression) does not mean they are responsible for it in their mind. I personally have a gripe about this interpretation that a lot of religions have that misfortune=punishment.

@Hannah This seems even more pertinent given how much we've watched society swing from one side of the polarity to the other over the past decades. Perhaps this statement highlights the significance of learning from the past so that we do not recreate the reality tunnels that put humanity backwards rather than forwards. It certainly feels as if we have taken two steps forward and one step back with how the world stage keeps unfolding.

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@jjones Yes, definitely!

Also, I used an invocation from the Book of the Goddess: https://sacred-texts.com/wmn/bog/index.htm

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@Hannah For sure! Research in developmental psychology indicates that children typically develop the ability to understand outside perspectives around the age of 10. Prior to this age, children tend to concentrate primarily on themselves as they are in the process of becoming familiar with their own bodies and developing self-awareness. Around age 10, children generally begin to grasp concepts of independence, moral reasoning, and social integration. I think about how there are so many opportunities to disrupt development before the age of 10. It is no wonder so few people seem prepared to enter the world, given that so much psycho-spiritual "dirt" can accumulate before we are even aware that we are in the thick of it all!

@Hannah & @Because0 It's not unlike LLMs. I'm no expert on AI, but it strings together combinations of words that seem statistically likely to produce the intended meaning. Meanwhile, AI does not have a sensory apparatus to interact with material existence. So when AI says water... what is it talking about? I mean, sure, we can infer that it is talking about that substance that chemists designate as H2O, but it cannot actually experience what we mean by that word, "water." I'm sure y'all have experienced the word salad of AI slop, so this might seem somewhat obvious haha but it's perhaps a more extreme tangent to what RAW is getting at. It's crazy to think about how much of the world operates (without even considering AI) on people who talk about things they have never experienced. I mean, I encounter so many people who talk with certainty about knowing things they admit to have never met face to face, yet they make all kinds of decisions as if they were trained in such encounters. It's a bit of a miracle anything gets done at all