08-14-2014, 12:00 AM
Emphasizing the words, he specified that sorcery is the art of silence.
"Silence is a passageway between worlds. When our mind stays silent, incredible aspects
of our being emerge. Starting from that moment, a person becomes a vehicle of intent,
and all his acts begin to ooze power. "During my apprenticeship, my benefactor showed me inexplicable feats which
frightened me, but at the same time stirred up my ambition; I wanted to be as powerful as
he was! I often asked him how I could learn his tricks, but he placed a finger on his lips
and stared at me. It took years before I could appreciate the magnificent lesson of his
answer. The key to sorcery is silence."
One of the present asked him to define that concept.
He answered:
"It is not definable. When you practice it, you perceive it. If you try to understand it, you
block it. Don't see it as something difficult or complex, because it is not something from
another world; it is just silencing the mind.
"I could tell you that silence is like a dock where ships arrive; if the dock is occupied,
there is no space for anything new. That's my image of the matter, but the truth is I don't
know how to speak about it."
He explained that inner silence is not only the absence of thoughts. Rather, it is about
suspending judgment, witnessing without interpreting. He maintained that entering
silence could be defined, in the typically contradictory way of sorcerers, as learning 'how
to think without words.'
"For many of you, what I am saying doesn't make sense, because you are accustomed to
consult your mind about everything. The ironic thing is that, for starters, our thoughts are
not even ours. They sound through us, which is different. And since they have been
pestering us ever since we learnt to use our reason, we have ended up getting used to
them.
"If you ask the mind, it will tell you that the purpose of sorcerers is nonsense, because it
cannot be rationally demonstrated. Instead of advising you to go and verify that purpose
honestly, it will order you to hide behind a solid block of interpretations. Therefore, if
you want to have a chance, there is only one possible way out: Disconnect the mind!
Freedom is achieved without thinking.
"I know people who were able to stop their internal dialogue, and they no longer
interpret, they are pure perception; they are never disappointed or regretful, because
everything they do starts from the center for decisions. They have learned to deal with
their mind in terms of authority, and they live in the most authentic state of freedom."
"Silence is a passageway between worlds. When our mind stays silent, incredible aspects
of our being emerge. Starting from that moment, a person becomes a vehicle of intent,
and all his acts begin to ooze power. "During my apprenticeship, my benefactor showed me inexplicable feats which
frightened me, but at the same time stirred up my ambition; I wanted to be as powerful as
he was! I often asked him how I could learn his tricks, but he placed a finger on his lips
and stared at me. It took years before I could appreciate the magnificent lesson of his
answer. The key to sorcery is silence."
One of the present asked him to define that concept.
He answered:
"It is not definable. When you practice it, you perceive it. If you try to understand it, you
block it. Don't see it as something difficult or complex, because it is not something from
another world; it is just silencing the mind.
"I could tell you that silence is like a dock where ships arrive; if the dock is occupied,
there is no space for anything new. That's my image of the matter, but the truth is I don't
know how to speak about it."
He explained that inner silence is not only the absence of thoughts. Rather, it is about
suspending judgment, witnessing without interpreting. He maintained that entering
silence could be defined, in the typically contradictory way of sorcerers, as learning 'how
to think without words.'
"For many of you, what I am saying doesn't make sense, because you are accustomed to
consult your mind about everything. The ironic thing is that, for starters, our thoughts are
not even ours. They sound through us, which is different. And since they have been
pestering us ever since we learnt to use our reason, we have ended up getting used to
them.
"If you ask the mind, it will tell you that the purpose of sorcerers is nonsense, because it
cannot be rationally demonstrated. Instead of advising you to go and verify that purpose
honestly, it will order you to hide behind a solid block of interpretations. Therefore, if
you want to have a chance, there is only one possible way out: Disconnect the mind!
Freedom is achieved without thinking.
"I know people who were able to stop their internal dialogue, and they no longer
interpret, they are pure perception; they are never disappointed or regretful, because
everything they do starts from the center for decisions. They have learned to deal with
their mind in terms of authority, and they live in the most authentic state of freedom."