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► UR1 Appendix 1: (For Session 679) mystical grandfather religious Burdo daemons
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“But as I think the word is interpreted, I’m not a mystic. In usual terms the state implies a far greater compassion and goodness than I possess; an inner graciousness that I sense but rarely achieve; and a patience with people that I lack. A piousness that I dislike, too. These are the Christian versions; but a certain fanaticism often goes with them that I would find most distasteful. Some forms of Zen extoll the virtues of good rambunctious humor, which I favor, but then ideas of renunciation clutter up both Eastern and Western mystic philosophies, as far as I know …

► UR1 Section 1: Session 679 February 4, 1974 mystical Linden photograph n.y church
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[...] With all of this, I was also eager to acquire whatever knowledge was available about both the philosophy and the art of painting.