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Breaking the Spell
25/03/2018 09:56 pmThe emerald serpent has been thinking more than usual lately of certain words of wisdom from Anthony De Mello
The last time they came to mind so frequently was in January 2002.
It was by far the most likely explanation for the strange events of those now distant but most magical days
The inner green lights are glowing on the horizon luring the serpent to follow them and to leave petty dreary Dursleyish things behind
Beautiful trees with crunchy juicy forbidden fruits beckon to hungry tired and disturbed serpents
This is how the Master once explained the fact that Enlightenment came not through effort but through understanding:
"Imagine all of you are hypnotized to believe there is a tiger in this room.
In your fear you will try to escape it, to fight it, to protect yourselves from it, to placate it.
But once the spell is broken there is nothing to be done.
And you are all radically changed:
"So understanding breaks the spell,
the broken spell brings change,
change leads to inaction,
inaction is power:
You can do anything on earth,
for it is no longer you who do it".
source
It is not a paper tiger but a dreadful Dursleyish dragon providing all the drama and the serpent weapon of choice is not a sword but a pen. Like last time
Let's see if we are so lucky this time.
The last time they came to mind so frequently was in January 2002.
It was by far the most likely explanation for the strange events of those now distant but most magical days
The inner green lights are glowing on the horizon luring the serpent to follow them and to leave petty dreary Dursleyish things behind
Beautiful trees with crunchy juicy forbidden fruits beckon to hungry tired and disturbed serpents
This is how the Master once explained the fact that Enlightenment came not through effort but through understanding:
"Imagine all of you are hypnotized to believe there is a tiger in this room.
In your fear you will try to escape it, to fight it, to protect yourselves from it, to placate it.
But once the spell is broken there is nothing to be done.
And you are all radically changed:
"So understanding breaks the spell,
the broken spell brings change,
change leads to inaction,
inaction is power:
You can do anything on earth,
for it is no longer you who do it".
source
It is not a paper tiger but a dreadful Dursleyish dragon providing all the drama and the serpent weapon of choice is not a sword but a pen. Like last time
Let's see if we are so lucky this time.
