The Supreme Doctrine - neo-alchemist
The Supreme Doctrine - neo-alchemist
The Supreme Doctrine - neo-alchemist
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MET TAPHYS SICAL DDISTRESSS<br />
Unconscio U us metap physical distress, d tthen,<br />
is also charracterisedd<br />
by<br />
perman nence. It is i always there, al lways the same, beehind<br />
all our affecctive<br />
phenom mena and their t duali ism Joy-Suffering.<br />
We W will demonstrat d te besides s that it iss<br />
illusory, , unreal, tthat<br />
it 'is' not<br />
(althou ugh it has seemed s to o us to 'be' just now, , noumenaally),<br />
but ssimply<br />
thaat<br />
all<br />
our affe ective phe enomena occur o as th hough it exxisted.<br />
Let L us not te that it constitute es, with thhe<br />
joy annd<br />
the sufffering<br />
that<br />
it<br />
conditio ons, the triangle t th hat we kn now alreaady,<br />
whosse<br />
apex rrepresents<br />
the<br />
concilia atory principle<br />
and whose inf ferior anglles<br />
represeent<br />
the infferior<br />
posiitive<br />
and neg gative prin nciples:<br />
But this<br />
triangle may surp prise us; as<br />
opposedd<br />
to what we have sseen<br />
in alll<br />
the<br />
other cases c the superior s principle p here h carriees<br />
a negaative<br />
appelllation.<br />
WWhy?<br />
This co orresponds<br />
with the e fact that t Faith is asleep inn<br />
the mann<br />
who hass<br />
not<br />
attained d realisatio on, with the<br />
fact tha at this maan<br />
whose FFaith<br />
is assleep<br />
doess<br />
not<br />
see his s Buddha-nature.<br />
Because B th his man ddoes<br />
not see his BBuddha-naature<br />
everyth hing happe ens in him m as thoug gh this natture,<br />
whicch<br />
howeveer<br />
is his, wwere<br />
lacking g in him. Because the Bein ng is not awakeneed<br />
in the man's ceentre<br />
everyth hing happe ens in him m as though,<br />
in this<br />
centre, tthere<br />
reiggned<br />
a Nuullity<br />
which it then be ecomes necessary<br />
to t refute. Because the perfeect<br />
existenntial<br />
Felicity y is not aw wakened in the cen ntre of thiis<br />
man evverything<br />
happens aas<br />
if<br />
this ce entre were e occupie ed by a primordiaal<br />
distresss.<br />
But thhis<br />
primorrdial<br />
distress s 'is' not.<br />
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