'When will the west wind blow?' When it so chooses, good sir, or when Aeolus chooses. For God made Aeolus the master of the winds, not you. What follows? We must make the best of those things that are in our power, and take the rest as nature gives it. What do you mean by 'nature'? I mean, God's will. - Epictetus, Discourses, 1.19
the neurotic, pre-professional rat-race of universities is a great example of an adolescent failure to develop faith in oneself.
"becoming an adult" is mostly a process of giving yourself permission to call things incorrect, and then take leaps of faith based on your own beliefs
the best ones are still alive, via the historical equivalents of the rainbow body or daoist immortality, having merged with nature itself. what could possibly be wiser?
forget philosophers of the future, we need to start thinking about philosophers of the distant past. nietzsche was looking in entirely the wrong direction.
did anyone consider that the men that made the pyramids were both slaves, and paid? That they were slaves to the Egyptian Gods, paid by human men, and joyful at the opportunity?
tldr, the builders of the pyramids were the primary beneficiaries, because they got merit. that explains why they tried so damned hard. and their intent was why it worked. this is why the text says that the builders became gods and built from perfect realisation, because they were doing so from buddha nature long before shakyamuni walked the earth.
criticizing black magic is unfashionable in the west because christianity did it so brutishly. which means people will create deep karmas that will take them a long time to undo, and they have no one to tell them that it might be anything other than a great idea.
there would also be sacred geometry people and builders who specialise in building material qualities. stone healers would consult with builders. transmutative altars and baths could be created energetically. SO MUCH is possible that wasn't in the ancient world.
did anyone consider that the men that made the pyramids were both slaves, and paid? That they were slaves to the Egyptian Gods, paid by human men, and joyful at the opportunity?
Art made from Nature transmits Nature to those who enjoy it from Nature. These works can be considered an extension of Nature beyond what is typically seen as Natural.
@CyberChimp0 yes! and it's still possible today. intending towards ma'at in harmony, or aligning with dao, or source, or buddha-nature, etc, all natural, pure paths to unity with god. it's the only right way to run a society.
"Those who built in granite, who constructed and completed beautiful pyramids, in perfect realisation, when the builders became gods, their alters were bare, like those of weary ones who are dead on a riverbank for lack of a survivor."
dispute between a man and his ba is a blackpill source, by an individual who seems to have quite in depth knowledge of egyptian metaphysics and practice, and almost as an afterthought that author saw those who built the pyramids as becoming Gods as a result. what use are economics when you can become A GOD. A GOD! anyone rational would contribute all of their efforts in that direction.