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The Magic Instructions
Robert Bly notes that “the idea that any male energy when in authority could be good has come to be considered impossible.” Bly tells us the Greeks understood the nature of the positive male energy and termed it Zeus-energy. This energy includes intelligence, compassionate authority, health, physical authority, good will and leadership, and it represents positive power when utilized by the male to be of service to the community. He further states that all the great cultures since the Greeks have lived with images of this energy — except ours. This Zeus energy has been disintegrating in our culture.
— Bud Harris PhD
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As a philosophy major in college I tried to find the one genius who could make sense of it all. I studied Western and then Eastern teachers. Although each teacher had a gift to give, none could explain away the cavernous depths of confusion I was feeling.
— Jim Rigby
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The teachings about recognizing egolessness sound quite abstract, but the path quality of that, the magic instruction that we have all received, the golden key is that part of the meditation technique where you recognize what’s happening with you and you say to yourself, “Thinking.” Then you let go of all the talking and the fabrication and discussion, and you’re left just sitting with the weather —…
