11-02-2017, 12:00 AM
serloco wrote:
Power always finds a way.
01 Nov 2017
The Journey to Ixtlan spoke often about the concept of "home". Once a sorcerer is "free", fully returning to his mundane world becomes impossible. The sorcerer is changed by the reveal and seeing past the illusion. The previous "home" becomes obsolete. For those who haven't discovered their spiritual home, the place where the DDs reside, they remain stuck in a weird pivotal point located between "here" and "there". Perhaps, a limbo. Basically, they become lost as they tread water without any direction. The spiritual wastelands are vast, after all.
Ixtlan was where Carlos attempted to merge the known with the unknown. He was shown power and had to conclude on the meaning he wanted to allow within his life. Ixtlan was the reveal and where Carlos was given the choice between paths. One path led to being a man of knowledge and the other would require him to return to the illusion. It's a difficult choice for many: ignorance or knowledge. Ignorance is bliss, knowledge is power. Ixtlan was the crossroad where Carlos had to commit or detach from the path of a warrior.
Only he could choose the route for himself. Ixtlan is sort of like that point in the Matrix where Neo takes the pill and realizes the Matrix is the illusion, but at that point, Neo was still trying to understand the meaning of his place within the Matrix. Neo goes on to meet the Oracle and the crew... and the beauty was Neo never defined the new reality. He adapted and learned to shift with every new piece of information provided him. Neo's willingness to allow reality to be a fluid environment is how he transcended himself. Ixtlan is the realization that there is a curtain and Carlos was trying to understand the other side of the stage.
It is simple to return to the illusion as it wants to welcome you back. It needs the sheep to survive.
However, warriors are not sheep.
Ixtlan was the point where Carlos felt true power and reflected on the meaning he wanted to assign it. He could've brushed off his experiences as nothing more than coincidences and denied the meaning. That path takes him to the home of sheep.
The path of the warrior would require a commitment to the unknown, to embrace his position a man of knowledge. Whatever that actually means
Wolves will never be sheep. If given the option between being lost in an abyss or being a sheep, the wolf would rather perish. Similar to how a scorpion stings itself when it's cornered
Beyond Ixtlan, it's important to remember that there are others who can point the way out of that intermediary point. Lost souls are only lost until another lost soul finds them and takes up their hand to show them the way home... off-stage.
Power always finds a way.
01 Nov 2017
The Journey to Ixtlan spoke often about the concept of "home". Once a sorcerer is "free", fully returning to his mundane world becomes impossible. The sorcerer is changed by the reveal and seeing past the illusion. The previous "home" becomes obsolete. For those who haven't discovered their spiritual home, the place where the DDs reside, they remain stuck in a weird pivotal point located between "here" and "there". Perhaps, a limbo. Basically, they become lost as they tread water without any direction. The spiritual wastelands are vast, after all.
Ixtlan was where Carlos attempted to merge the known with the unknown. He was shown power and had to conclude on the meaning he wanted to allow within his life. Ixtlan was the reveal and where Carlos was given the choice between paths. One path led to being a man of knowledge and the other would require him to return to the illusion. It's a difficult choice for many: ignorance or knowledge. Ignorance is bliss, knowledge is power. Ixtlan was the crossroad where Carlos had to commit or detach from the path of a warrior.
Only he could choose the route for himself. Ixtlan is sort of like that point in the Matrix where Neo takes the pill and realizes the Matrix is the illusion, but at that point, Neo was still trying to understand the meaning of his place within the Matrix. Neo goes on to meet the Oracle and the crew... and the beauty was Neo never defined the new reality. He adapted and learned to shift with every new piece of information provided him. Neo's willingness to allow reality to be a fluid environment is how he transcended himself. Ixtlan is the realization that there is a curtain and Carlos was trying to understand the other side of the stage.
It is simple to return to the illusion as it wants to welcome you back. It needs the sheep to survive.
However, warriors are not sheep.
Ixtlan was the point where Carlos felt true power and reflected on the meaning he wanted to assign it. He could've brushed off his experiences as nothing more than coincidences and denied the meaning. That path takes him to the home of sheep.
The path of the warrior would require a commitment to the unknown, to embrace his position a man of knowledge. Whatever that actually means
Wolves will never be sheep. If given the option between being lost in an abyss or being a sheep, the wolf would rather perish. Similar to how a scorpion stings itself when it's cornered
Beyond Ixtlan, it's important to remember that there are others who can point the way out of that intermediary point. Lost souls are only lost until another lost soul finds them and takes up their hand to show them the way home... off-stage.