"A single word comprehends all things, and this word consists of four letters: it is the Tetragram of the Hebrews, the AZOT of the alchemists, the Thot of the Bohemians, or the Taro of the Kabbalists.

"This word, expressed after so many manners, means God for the profane, man for the philosophers, and imparts to the adepts the final term of human sciences and the key of divine power; but he only can use it who understands the necessity of never revealing it.

"Had Oedipus, instead of killing the sphinx, overcome it, harnessed it to his chariot and thus entered Thebes, he would have been king without incest, without misfortunes, and without exile.

"Had Psyche, by meekness and affection, persuaded Love to reveal himself, she would never have lost Love. Now, Love is one of the mythological images of the Great Secret and the Great Agent, because it postulates at once an action and a passion, a void and a plenitude, a shaft and a wound."

~ Eliphas Levi, Dogma et Rituel de la Haute Magie, Pt. 1

“In that [fullness of the Godhead], what is a thousand miles away is as near to me as the place where I stand now. There is fullness and full enjoyment of the Godhead; there is one unity.”

— Meister Eckhart

“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice — now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do — now.”
— Epictetus

"Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand."

— Ezra Pound

Enjoying this interview with Randall Carlson... ⚒️

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1guApKzvJs0XbKoYpb4NAE?si=jIchH4VsRECTCy6gyG2lHA

"With objective consciousness it is possible to see and feel the unity of everything."

~ Gurdjieff (context below)

"But objective knowledge, the idea of unity included, belongs to objective consciousness. The forms which express this knowledge when perceived by subjective consciousness are inevitably distorted and, instead of truth, they create more and more delusions. With objective consciousness it is possible to see and feel the unity of everything. But for subjective consciousness the world is split up into millions of separate and unconnected phenomena. Attempts to connect these phenomena into some sort of system in a scientific or philosophical way lead to nothing because man cannot reconstruct the idea of the whole starting from separate facts and they cannot divine the principles of the division of the whole without knowing the laws upon which this division is based."

~ Gurdjieff, quoted by Ouspensky (p. 279, Fragments...)

"And if He closes before you all the ways and passes, He will show you a hidden way which nobody knows."

~ Rumi

"Whosoever has any contact with reality is called an Idiot. The word Idiot has two meanings: the true meaning that was given to it by the ancient sages was 'to be oneself'. A man who is himself looks and behaves like a mad man to those who live in the world of illusion: so when they call a man an idiot they mean that he does not share in their delusions."

~ Gurdjieff (quoted in J.G. Bennett's Gurdjieff: Making A New World)