i was, for a while, in my twenties, intrigued by the writings of A.P. Sinnett and Blavatsky's SECRET DOCTRINE....
but as i saw others slavishly devoted to ritual and dogma, my interest slipped away....but not before i assimilated what knowledge of the constructs of universal wisdom that i deemed pertinant to my "spiritual" happiness........at this point, i suppose i'm an atheist buddist, although i practice no rituals or devotions whatsoever....i still meditate on Nothingness to clear my RAM........Ohmmmmm..........
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"I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil on my foot. I perceive the teachings of the world to be illusions of magicians. I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing on one's eyes. I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain, Nirvana as a nightmare of daytime. I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons."
-Buddha
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