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1. Master the language that you speak. For instance, here is an example of two words that are very important to the people of the Concept of Oneness: Judgment and Judgmental. One who is of the Craft must learn to make use of judgment, to see things as they really are and make use of those facts; but it is a wise crafter who avoids being judgmental. 2. There are two extremes which are wise to avoid in dealing with all members of the Family: those who use force, and taking away another's responsibility. Neither of these extremes lead to true understanding of the Concept of Oneness. 3. One will never become a Master Teacher if one harbors hate for any family member in their heart. Hate is not compatible with wisdom and love. 4. All that we know about magic arises out of the laws and principles of the Concept of Oneness. So, if on wishes to know and make use of Magic, then one must carefully learn all that one can about Oneness. 5. Love and Wisdom arise naturally out of the understanding of the Concept of Oneness, but Self- Honesty and Self-Responsibility are the means whereby we come to how to make use of that Wisdom and Love. 6. When one comes to see Reality for what it truly is, then it becomes easy to understand what ego- importance and self-struggle are. One need never be a victim again. 7. One is truly free if, when Self-importance or Self-struggle arise, the Self understands, and there is reaction, to this understanding. 8. The Gods wish to be our honest friends and nothing more... 9. If one wishes to become a Master of Magic, one must learn the language of 'symbol and concept' as well as the language they speak. A symbol is nothing more than you make of it. A concept is only as useful as the clearness and leanness of the meaning that conceived it. 10. All things change. A wise Gwyddon learns how to flow. 11. We are living beings. It behooves us to learn the extent and nature of the two great forces, for the understanding of these two great forces and how to manipulate them could lead one to having a long and pleasant life. Doesn't it seem funny that things of such great importance can be said so quickly and easily? Yet these eleven points could serve you well if you come to use them. Be centered in the Oneness and let all that you are flow from that. Yes, we do want the college to continue and to ever grow in Wisdom, Self-Honesty and Self-Responsibility, and Love, and to be a place where the seeker can find truthful answer. Indeed, how could we feel otherwise? The Craft is a way of losing one's Conditioned Self, and finding the Non-Conditioned Self. It is like being told all your life that you are blind, and told that everything is ugly, and then told to wear a pair of dark glasses to prove it, then becoming so used to the glasses that you forget you have them on. But one day someone says, "Why don't you take those glasses off and see things as they really are?" At first, you don't even know what they're talking about, but finally after a long and useless, exhausting struggle, you realize the truth and you SEE! And now that you SEE, you must learn to live in this new and wonderful world. Though it is beautiful, it can also be dangerous at times, so one must use Wisdom to walk in this land that so few will let themselves see. But there are four wonderful Truths that will aid the new explorer in this quest, and these are: 1. Wisdom 2. Self-Honesty 3. Self-Responsibility 4. Love If one will use these Truths, one will be able to SEE things as they really are. |