The Supreme Doctrine - neo-alchemist

PREFACE
wander among all the formal ideas imaginable without worrying itself about
their apparent contradictions; this utilisation, without attachment, of
conceptions allows Zen to possess its ideas without being possessed by them.
Therefore the Zen point of view does not consist in a certain angle of vision,
but comprises all possible angles. My reader should realise that no synthetic
understanding is deemed to pass from my mind to his by means of this text
which might attempt to embody it; this synthesis should occur in his mind, by
a means proper to himself, as it occurs in my mind by a means proper to me;
no one on Earth can do this work for us. My text offers only the elements
suitable for this synthesis; the discursive method, based on logic that is
continuous or interrupted, in which these elements are presented, should be
accepted for what it is, without demanding the harmonious and formal
architecture which would only be an imitation of a true intellectual synthesis
based on the depths of the 'being'.
My special thanks go to my friend, Mr. Terence Gray, for his
translation of my book; he has solved perfectly the very difficult task of
giving a faithful rendering of my thoughts.
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