Book of Revelation

13 Revelation 13

13 And he doeth great wonders,

so that he maketh

fire come down

from heaven on the earth

in the sight of men 13

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To think you know,

before you understand,

is a certainty that holds pride.

Doubt allows uncertainty,

which releases humility

to continue to study.

Accept that you may never know.

Some things

can never be understood,

without the experience.

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The Universe is an echo

of our Inverse

Accept what happens

was meant to be,

become free to be

Control of outward events

is outside your control

Conqueor yourself

or remain a slave

of outside influences

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In the Allegory,

Plato describes people

who have spent

their entire lives chained

in front of an inner wall

with a view of the empty outer wall.

Only the shadows and sounds

are the prisoners' reality.

The shadows represent

distorted & blurred copies of the real,

of words & images,

perceived through senses.

A philosopher aims

to understand

with the light of reason,

which comes from within.

The shadows

are reality for the prisoners

because they cannot

see beyond their senses.

If a freed prisoner had the courage

to stay outside the cave

and adjust his vision,

enduring the agony

of shedding his beliefs,

he would eventually

see the true form of the world.

One can then see

beyond outward appearance,

outward explanations,

and decipher from one's own reason.

The freed prisoner,

would be blind again

if he re-entered the cave.

He would have to

make the choice.

Remain or move on.

One must choose to doubt,

it can never be taught.

Socrates concludes

that the prisoners,

if they were able,

would therefore reach out

and kill anyone who attempted

to drag them out of the cave,

since most cannot endure the pain

to see reality.

The prisoners would prefer

never to know.

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The Inverse & Universe

is an eternal Duality,

constantly changing

from the swing of the Metronome.

The Endless motion

of inward and outward,

with your Self sifting,

like grains of sand,

moves from free will.

Within the transition,

is where Truth

can be found.

Without choices made,

the Self will stagnate

and become the environment

Courage.

Find your courage

and all other virtues

will follow your battle cry

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the Way

that can be spoken of

is not the Eternal Way

the Name

that can be named

is not the Eternal Name

Nameless

is the origin

The Named

is the outward

of all things

Thus,

 the Void

enables One

to observe the true essence

the Being

enables One

to see the outward

manifestations

the Duality

come paired

from the origin

But when the essence

is manifested

It

has a different name

This same origin

is called

the Eternal

As

Nameless

the mystery

as

It can be

It is

the Endless Change

to the essence

of all life

the Eternal Way

has no path

but only

the Endless Flow

paired

from the origin

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Three things

cannot be long hidden

the Sun,

the Moon,

&

the Truth

I will not move from this spot

until I have attained

the supreme and final wisdom

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Objectivism is a philosophy

by Russian-American writer

Ayn Rand.

Rand argued

that the primary emphasis

of man's free will is choice.

"To think

or not to think"

"Thinking is not

an automatic function."

"In any hour

and issue of his life,

man is free to think

or to evade that effort."

"Thinking requires a state of

full, focused awareness."

"Man can focus his mind

to a purpose towards

directed awareness of reality,

or he can unfocus

and let himself drift

in a semiconscious daze."

"Merely reacting

to any chance stimulus

of the immediate moment,

at the mercy

of any outside influence,

and of any random connections

it might happen to make."

"Possessing free will,

human beings must choose

their own value."

"One does not

automatically have

one's own life

as his ultimate value."

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Live and act within the limit

of your knowledge

and keep expanding it

to the limit of your life.

The question isn't

who is going to let you.

It's who is going to stop you.

It is the greatest of existence:

not to trust,

but to know.

Contradictions do not exist.

Whenever you think

you are facing a contradiction,

check your premises.

You will find

that one of them is wrong.

Wish to know

the meaning of things.

You are the meaning.

You are

You think

You will

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If you don't know,

the thing to do

is not to get scared,

but to learn.

Don’t ever get angry

at a man for stating the truth.

Every living thing must grow.

It can't stand still.

It must grow or perish.

There is no worse thought

except one,

the refusal to think

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The spirit of man,

his sense of Truth within,

cannot be killed

if he holds with resolve,

in his belief in himself

The world you desire

can be won.

It exists...

it is real...

it is possible...

it’s yours.

Do not let the hero

in your soul perish

in lonely frustration

for the life you deserved

and have never been able to reach.

Know what you want in life

and go after it.

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In the Egyptian underworld,

the hearts of the dead were said

to be weighed against

a single "Feather of Ma'at."

The heart was seen

as part of the soul.

If the heart was found to be lighter

or equal in weight to the feather,

the deceased had led a virtuous life

and would be rewarded with Eternity.

A heart which was unworthy

was devoured & condemned

to remain in the Underworld.

Ma'at ideological opposite was Isfet,

meaning injustice, chaos, violence

or to do evil.

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The universe is one of duality.

Symmetry is the balance

to the universe

in which we exist in.

The closer you look at nature,

the more you see this to be so.

There is a duality to struggles,

of the challenges we face.

Survive.

Face the tests in life.

It is pride within yourself

which gives strength

To avoid challenges

you evade opportunities to grow.

Forge your courage.

Those without courage

will fade within their environment

Those with courage,

emerge true.

Those who harm others

are harming themselves.

What you do

becomes you.

To those who have been harmed

let not your mind go towards anger.

Do your best

survive the test

peace comes from within

what you create

cannot be unmade

what you say

cannot be unsaid

what you think

can be changed

find your direction

purpose will follow

never forget

school never ends

remain a student

worthy first attempts

defeats second guesses

to be Alpha

accept being Omega

judge yourself truly

observe others sincerity

certainty holds pride

doubt allows humility

control your own actions

& accept the consequences

what is created outward

becomes a creation within

trust in your Self

faith can be lost

make decisions

strengthen judgement

avoiding choices

weakens courage

forgiveness releases,

anger holds

conditional kindness

keeps hidden cruelty

unconditional kindness

remains consistent

correct before you forget

or mistakes become you

master counter balance

react only when required

accept what happens

then counter balance

no more, no less

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to keep faith

among those without,

strengthens from resistance

time in the wilderness

teaches you to survive without

either you pass the test

or you become the environment

the faithless' purpose

is to gain the most,

by doing the least,

without getting caught

they serve a purpose

They are the Test

keep your faith alive

or that faith dies

always ahead

must you strive

what is created outward,

becomes a creation within

what is created inward,

becomes a creation outward

shifting through

like a panning dish,

until your Truth

is created

contradiction

of your actions and words

dilutes your Truth

It can be severed,

forever lost

time erodes one's purpose

into the emptiness

if one disregards Truth,

and mimics sincerity,

the hollowness is their Truth

the purposeless,

the meaningless,

emit no light

those that mimic

are imitations,

echoes of echoes,

which eventually fade

into the unpurposed

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