Imagine, Instead, Infinity
Written by Soror Khephra III°
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
So then, consider this warning in Liber AL, to not lust after result, as I consider this paradigm tonight. You know, for every line in that Book, the contradiction lies not far behind, waiting as the Leopard watches the Deer at the water's edge.
The Sin is Restriction, O Man - thus encouraging the expansion of the universe to ever exceed, i.e. evolution, i.e., the ability to expand your own personal perception of this world you have created for yourself.
Our mutual respect for this general agreement makes for a Community that encourages freedom of expression without the threat of judgment. Perhaps the need for acceptance or validation of one's own rebellious assertion of freedom, or similar passions of humanity is what draws individuals to this Path. The motives of our generation, as spiritual doorways for the future, are all different and valid, each individually - truly impossible to communicate to another. Thereby creating this paradigm enthralls me now.
I am not one who is glib to quote scripture anymore than I am one to toy with Dogma - which, incidentally, gives birth to little Puppies of Chaos that sure are adorable. The need to organize and take care of these Chaos Puppies becomes so great a need, and such a rewarding distraction from your own unkempt bed and other duties, that many who start upon this Path do not ever reach past those damned puppies, eventually becoming breeders themselves who will endeavor to sell you their Own Original Official Licensed Purebred Puppies of Chaos, who then grow to dogs of reason, trained to defend and uphold the Threshold of the Temple of because.
It entertains me to watch these breeders of Dogma who try to convince you of whatever, never considering that you will never ever know what anyone around you actually sees.
So I ask you to consider LIBER ALEPH, THE BOOK of WISDOM or FOLLY, chpt.. 60 --- An Allegory of Chess. In flowery prose, there I found the simplest and most strategic form of protection and attack at once.
Consider that this realm you see around you, (reality), is created by you, only proven to exist based on an archaic systematic measurement, and your own ability to perceive the pleasure in agreeing with those around you in a generalized theory of definition, yet understanding that you are truly incapable of ever finding an identical perception as your own, is what creates and details this Community you see before you. You each individually know how much time you have wasted searching for this viewpoint similar to your own, principally because a puppy gets loose from time to time and they sure are adorable.
One will find him/herself eventually questioning all motives in order to protect and uphold the Community, by ensuring his/her life does not, in any way, commit the Sin of Restriction unto those around. This seems noble; yet its mouth came straight from the teat of a bitch.
What appears to be Liberty has a beautiful reflection in the pond, but the Leopard still crouches. Do not ensnare yourselves, I warned you about those puppies.
"I who am the image of an image, say this" --- Look to NO MAN to validate your nobility. As I say this I know that by restricting those around me from experiencing the Ordeal of lusting after this result, even through expressing the personal prejudices that I describe to you now, (which are never to be truly excised from your mind), this is my Sin committed. Thus the duality that will forever be pondered under many names and with more eloquence than I.
I ask you - how can one not lust after result, and not be restricted from it at the same time? How can restriction be a "sin", as the existence of the idea of "sin" implies an alliance to one side of the paradigm or the other, based on the individual's own perspective of those sides? This shift would create tension in the scales, and essentially would restrict the one side's potential for movement. This then triggers the automatic and instinctive need for the lower side to rise up and create or restore the original form of balance, or at least the appearance of balance as last seen on the way down, which is the definition of Lust after Result. One hand washes the other, and the Leopard lunges.
I ask you - then to know that this motion described to you is an innate force of nature; action & reaction. It is Our duty to exceed these restrictive ideas and to imagine, instead, infinity, without actually ever being capable to conceive of such a concept.
Only at this point, in the Center of Infinity, do perspectives one the horizon cross, on the circumference which is nowhere found.
Be there always. For there is No God, nor is 'there', even there, or here, but both at once.
At the very least, be sure to spay or neuter any stray puppies you find.
Perhaps even feed them to the Leopard.