There is a wildness that runs through me
At first I was afraid of its presence, because I tasted its violence when it broke free from others
Next I tried to dominate it into passivity.
It was only when I offered it gentleness, that it became my friend & carried me into truth
When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.
Rollo May
one of the underrated signs ur actually lifemaxxing is having an instant recommendation for everything. book, restaurant, city, hotel. ur life becomes a curated arsenal. most people are leaches with nothing to give.
in de mysteriis ii.11 (περὶ τῶν αἰγυπτίων μυστηρίων), iamblichus wrote “τὸ θεῖον… οὐδὲ νοήσει μόνον καταλαμβάνεται” (“the divine is not grasped by intellection alone”).