Danger 2: The nature of these teachings is almost always shrouded in secrecy, hence “mysteries.” This theoretical foundation is usually backed up with lived experience that introduces the subject’s five senses to a challenge, to a glimpse of the world beyond so to speak. Today, just as it is –purportedly- easy to lose 20 pounds by strapping weird vibrating gadgets to our fatty regions, we are given the gracious chance to become “enlightened” in a heartbeat. Gone are the harrowing days of fasting in a cave, or undergoing rituals that are so harsh on the body and mind that one tries to hallucinate their way out of the ordeal, or at least they’re gone for the most part. Now I am definitely not one to promote asceticism in any form, but I believe there is a purpose for this gateway to the acquisition of esoteric knowledge: One must actually deserve it. Through these initiation rites, candidates are forced to see the limitations of their five senses and are put under the pressure of a near-death-experience to “die before one’s dead.” So while the first lesson one learns is the fact that one has to deserve this knowledge, the second concerns humility...
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