CYCLE NINETEEN
1. The British do not
like snobs because, being mostly slobs and yobs, they are accustomed to
'sucking up' to nobs, and, climatic factors
notwithstanding, are not prepared to do violence to themselves, after the
manner of the 'born-again' saint.
2. To be a snob, one
has to have both the ability and courage to go against the grain of the
philistine majority, and think for oneself.
3. Slobs do not think for themselves, yobs allow
others to think for them, and nobs rely on their
instincts to avoid thought as much as possible.
4. Thinking is only dangerous to the man who
cannot control it; to the man who can, it is merely a tool.
5. The best thought is a key which unlocks the
door into truth.
6. Ultimately, truth liberates one from
thinking; for it transcends thought, as Heaven transcends Purgatory. Yet, when all's said and done, one cannot get
to truth except through thought.
7. The man who thinks he has the truth without
ever having thought deeply and systematically about it ... is a self-deceiving
liar!
8. Those who cannot think
their way to the truth are more likely to discover something - though not all -
about it either through writing, reading, or talking.
9. The best thinkers are generally the worst
readers (for the former occupation tends to exclude the latter), while,
conversely, the worst writers are generally the best talkers (for the latter
occupation tends to exclude the former).
10. You can focus meditative breath at the
so-called 'crown centre' in the brain but, ultimately, such breath will only be
properly focused in the lungs, the seat of the spirit.
11. Focusing meditative breath at the 'crown
centre' is, I believe, a 'bovaryization' of
spirituality relevant to the brain, and thus to an intellectual person.
12. Focusing meditative
breath at the throat is, I believe, a 'bovaryization'
of spirituality relevant to the heart, and thus to a soulful person.
13. Focusing meditative
breath at the stomach is, I believe, a 'bovaryization'
of spirituality relevant to the womb, and thus to a sensual person.
14. One can focus meditative breath at one or a
number of different places but, ultimately, meditation will be most centred in
the lungs, the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
15. He whose meditative breath is most comfortably
and naturally focused on the lungs is truly a spiritual person, not one whose
approach to spirituality is necessarily constrained by some other - and
possibly contrary - allegiance.
16. The soulful person (rooted in the heart), the
intellectual person (rooted in the brain), and the sensual person (centred in
the body) will all 'bovaryize' spirituality from
their respective standpoints, but it is still better that they should approach
spirituality in such paradoxical fashions than not be spiritual at all!
