Traditional Quotes and Symbols
The battle against darkness must be omnidimensional.
The fight against darkness manifesting in the world is essential. But my foremost duty is the battle against the darkness in my very own soul.
All things that are light-like are in solidarity with one another.
Triumphal death on the battlefield means victory over death, for though I could not conquer the enemy, I triumphed over death - externally I went under death, internally however I won and ascended triumphally.
259. The ultimate goal is salvation, but there is still a goal, an absolute goal, beyond this ultimate goal: the awakening. A goal is just in this sense a goal: a goal is a goal for this absolute goal exists - since without an absolute goal there could not be relative goals either.
174. Without exception, everyone reaches their goals, if they really have these goals.
218. He who wants the Goal, should also want the means that lead to the Goal. For if he does not want the means leading to the Goal, he certainly does not want the Goal.
203. Every true ascent from below is an ascent controlled from above. I want to get higher for what is higher in me »calls for« what is lower in me.
204. The adequate and legitimate way of getting back to Heaven is well symbolized by the ladder of Jacob: getting back to Heaven is only possible by climbing up the ladder which descends from Heaven. The inadequate and illegitimate way is the story of the Tower of Babel: the ascent from the Earth necessarily leads to collapse and confusion of mind.
238. In every manifested state it is essential that one should swim against the current towards the source.
239. Swimming against the current, backwards, toward the Source, towards the Light, towards God, towards Myself.
293. Knowledge of the origin, knowledge of the path, knowledge of the all-transcending, ultimate goal: this is metaphysical realisation.
294. Tradition springs forth from the eternal, points at the eternal, and in the human modality of being represents the aspiration towards the eternal.
240. It is impossible to initiate Modern man - only archaic man can be initiated. Therefore man’s task above all is to archaize himself.
241. Descent, the »going down to the netherworld«, should by all means take place and it does take place and it takes place intentionally. But while if I descend using my own will powers my descent will be followed by an ascension, if I descend subjecting myself to the forces of a foreign will it will not be followed by an ascension.
242. Realisation without asceticism is pure nonsense.
243. He who controls himself, controls the world.
244. By gaining power over consciousness man gains power over being.
276. With the awakening of man the whole world awakens.
[As in the case of common dreaming where with the awakening of the dreamer his whole dream world, reintegrated into the dreamer himself, awakens.]
277. When I reconstruct myself, I reconstruct the world.
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Metaphysical aphorisms by András László
www.tradicio.org/english/solumipsum.htm
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Painting by Bernat Martonel
The battle against darkness must be omnidimensional.
The fight against darkness manifesting in the world is essential. But my foremost duty is the battle against the darkness in my very own soul.
All things that are light-like are in solidarity with one another.
Triumphal death on the battlefield means victory over death, for though I could not conquer the enemy, I triumphed over death - externally I went under death, internally however I won and ascended triumphally.
259. The ultimate goal is salvation, but there is still a goal, an absolute goal, beyond this ultimate goal: the awakening. A goal is just in this sense a goal: a goal is a goal for this absolute goal exists - since without an absolute goal there could not be relative goals either.
174. Without exception, everyone reaches their goals, if they really have these goals.
218. He who wants the Goal, should also want the means that lead to the Goal. For if he does not want the means leading to the Goal, he certainly does not want the Goal.
203. Every true ascent from below is an ascent controlled from above. I want to get higher for what is higher in me »calls for« what is lower in me.
204. The adequate and legitimate way of getting back to Heaven is well symbolized by the ladder of Jacob: getting back to Heaven is only possible by climbing up the ladder which descends from Heaven. The inadequate and illegitimate way is the story of the Tower of Babel: the ascent from the Earth necessarily leads to collapse and confusion of mind.
238. In every manifested state it is essential that one should swim against the current towards the source.
239. Swimming against the current, backwards, toward the Source, towards the Light, towards God, towards Myself.
293. Knowledge of the origin, knowledge of the path, knowledge of the all-transcending, ultimate goal: this is metaphysical realisation.
294. Tradition springs forth from the eternal, points at the eternal, and in the human modality of being represents the aspiration towards the eternal.
240. It is impossible to initiate Modern man - only archaic man can be initiated. Therefore man’s task above all is to archaize himself.
241. Descent, the »going down to the netherworld«, should by all means take place and it does take place and it takes place intentionally. But while if I descend using my own will powers my descent will be followed by an ascension, if I descend subjecting myself to the forces of a foreign will it will not be followed by an ascension.
242. Realisation without asceticism is pure nonsense.
243. He who controls himself, controls the world.
244. By gaining power over consciousness man gains power over being.
276. With the awakening of man the whole world awakens.
[As in the case of common dreaming where with the awakening of the dreamer his whole dream world, reintegrated into the dreamer himself, awakens.]
277. When I reconstruct myself, I reconstruct the world.
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Metaphysical aphorisms by András László
www.tradicio.org/english/solumipsum.htm
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Painting by Bernat Martonel