                      

                                UNDERSTANDING
                                     THE
                                  WISE ART'
                                   by yod


                       
                                BOOK ONE IS BEGUN
                       
                       There is no power without motion.
                       There is no motion without power.
                       All is lost.
                       There is no truth;
                       there is only what you believe.
                       No-one knows anything!
                       This is the way of any who would
                       study the wise art.
                       This is the way of the wizard.
                       The wisdom of the ancients is
                       written on the lips of a child.
                       LISTEN!
                       Don't believe everything you hear.
                       Who can say what is real?
                       Who has the right?
                       No-one.
                       NO-ONE!
                       The words of the prophets will not
                       be found herein.
                       Go back.
                       Return to the unreality that spawned
                       you.
                       If you remain your belief will be
                       shaken;(if you are sincere you may
                       remain but be warned:Nothing is 
                       hidden except that we should close
                       our eyes).
                       Very well then,
                       let's get down to business.

                                THE BEGINNING

                       In the beginning the universe was
                       already here. It had been here
                       forever and it had been in motion 
                       forever.
                       Try proving otherwise if your
                       brain can stand it.
                       Your first exercise will be a mind
                       expander. This will take several 
                       days so after you have read the
                       next page, put up the book until
                       you are through.
                       First, explore the infinity of time.
                       Go back as far as you can go until
                       your head aches then stop. Wait 
                       24 hours and repeat. When you 
                       feel that you have gon as far
                       as you can, look toward the 
                       future.
                       Ask this question: If it is true
                       that the universe will eventually
                       stop cold, why hasn't it already
                       done so.
                       Next, study the infinity of size.
                       Remember: No matter how large it
                       is, it can always be a bit larger.
                       Same for small.
                       One more point; 1/3 of infinity
                       is infinity itself so that
                       1/3 I=I; 1/100 I=I; 1/1000 I=I; Etc.
                       If you do not understand the
                       equation, don't turn the page.
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                        Small minds have small gods.
                        In my truth the whole of infinity is
                        God; we are all a part ofGod. 
                        If you cannot see this then
                        find your god but be quick.
                        The day of the infinality is
                        close at hand.
                        Stand tall.
                        The day of reckoning is our creation
                        and cannot be avoided.
                        Believe and live.
                        Don't believe and live.
                        It makes no difference to me.
                        I'll play the game my way.
                        All but the few must die.

                             Second Exercise

                        Blank your mind. Remove all thought.
                        With your eyes closed, allow yourself
                        to see only what they see.
                        Reject the visions of the mind.
                        Anything truly seen in this state
                        comes from the third eye.
                        Repeat this exercise every night
                        before you go to
                        sleep and after you wake up.
                        When you are easily able to see
                        recognizable objects with your
                        eyes closed and your mind 
                        blanked, you may turn the page.
                        If however, there is some doubt,
                        repeat exercise one and two.
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                        I make my own reality.
                        As I progress and grow stronger in
                        my belief, I will be able to think
                        myself from one point in space to
                        another because in my reality, all
                        points are one point and that
                        is where I am.
                        Likewise, all points in time are one.
                        Why else did you think it possible
                        to see an event in the past or
                        present with clarity, or an
                        ocurance a hundred miles away, or
                        even in the future.
                        You see it your way, I'll see 
                        it mine.
                        Believe what you must to survive.
                        Don't believe in vain.

                                ______________________________
                               /\                            /
                             / .  \                        /
                           /   .    \        GOD         /
                         /     .      \                /
                       /  MAN  . FORCE  \            /
                     /      .     .       \        /
                   /   .     Spirit     .   \    /
                 /____________________________\/

                       All is one.
                       All is forgiven.
                       God is a part of all things.
                       All things are a part of God.
                       Even the lowest form of evil 
                       is a part of God.
                       Even that which we percieve
                       as good is a part of God.
                       There is nothing which exists
                       which is not a part of the
                       whole and God is the whole.
                       If we suffer it is not 
                       in vain.
                       If we feel pleasure it is
                       noy in vain.
                       All is forgiven.
                       You may equate God with 
                       man when you say, "If there
                       is a bad part,  remove it and
                       cast it out". I say in God
                       there is no evil.
                       All things are in God.
                       Good without bad is boredom.
                       It leaves a bland taste in
                       the mouth.
                       Rather, God has taken the 
                       negative and positive and
                       has woven a tapistry of
                       utter harmony throughout
                       infinity.
                       Death begets life.
                       Pain begets pleasure.
                       Rage begets contentment.
                       All things become polarized.
                       Nothing is forgotten.
                       All is forgiven.
                       Man is the vehicle through
                       which the spirit moves.
                       God provides the force that
                       moves the spirit through man.
                       The mystery is revealed 
                       to those who understand.
                       Everything is gained.
                       Nothing is forgotten.
                       All is forgiven.
                       Stay calm.
                       The price is yet to be paid.
                       There is no truth.
                       There is only the law.
                       The law is not truth.
                       It is the way things are.
                       Good and evil will balance.
                       That is the law.
                       If you percieve wrongly then
                       it is of your own design.
                       There is no confusion.
                       The negative and positive
                       will always balance.
                       There is no other way.
                       The pendulum cannot swing only
                       on the negative or positive side.
                       Also, no-one can say what is 
                       right or what is wrong.
                       Right for one may be dread 
                       evil for another.
                       What then decides?
                       Even the wizard cannot truly
                       answer that.
                       Perhaps a deeper law exists
                       which controls that which we
                       percieve at the edge of 
                       our vision.
                       If so it will be known.
                       There is nothing which cannot
                       be known through patience.
                       Let us say that what is
                       right and what is wrong is
                       a personal thing so long as
                       our existence keeps us in the
                       dark about the hereafter.
                       Decide for yourself.
                       Be true to that decision.
                       Don't condemn others for
                       theirs.
                       The love of life is foolish.
                       the love of death is foolish.
                       The love of all things is 
                       all a wizard can accept.
                       He takes the good with 
                       the bad and feels no
                       remorse for the living or
                       the dead.
                       Both play their role,
                       both serve their purpose,
                       both pass away in the end.
                       All is remembered.
                       All are one.
                       In truth there is no evil.
                       If you battle evil you battle
                       yourself.
                       Let each find his path.
                       If your paths should
                       cross, do what your belief
                       leads you to do.
                       There is no truth.
                       There is only what you believe.
                       Do not take caution to do
                       that which you know of yourself
                       to be right.
                       If that is your belief then
                       to hell with all others.
                       If your belief tells you 
                       to destroy then destroy.
                       If it tells you to build
                       then build.
                       Do what you must but be
                       certain in that belief.
                       If your belief stands, carry
                       it proudly.
                       When the cycle is complete
                       you will either be punished
                       or exalted but take no
                       exception to either.
                       The path you choose in this
                       cycle will be replaced by
                       one of opposite severity
                       in the next.
                       There will be balance in
                       all things.
                       That is the law.

                          Psychic Barriers

                       Look into the eyes of sorrow
                       and see it retreat.
                       There is a need for brotherhood.
                       Look into the eyes of hate 
                       and see it sneer.
                       There is a need for love.
                       Look into the eyes of anger
                       and see it hesitate.
                       There is a need for definition.
                       In the eyes of pain you will
                       find weakness.
                       The pain becomes a barrier to
                       the soul.
                       Search for truth and you
                       will find empty books on
                       dusty tables.
                       Look for answers and you will
                       find only questions.
                       Ask for help and all will 
                       turn a deaf ear.
                       Expect help and you will
                       become consumed.
                       Look for nothing,
                       expect nothing and you will
                       find more than even the
                       ancients believed possible.
                       Listen to the questioning of
                       others and therein will you
                       find your answers.
                       Try to ease another man's
                       suffering and your soul
                       will be set free.

                       Or maybe not.
                       Does it really matter?
                       The choice is yours.
                       Choose wisely or not
                       at all.
                       It makes no difference to me.
                       I only play the game.
                       If I play the game well
                       then perhaps I will win.
                       Then my soul will be
                       overwrought with the
                       triumph and I will 
                       play the game again.
                       So sure will I be of 
                       success that my
                       guard will drop. My
                       choices will be wrong.
                       I will lose.
                       In losing, perhaps determination
                       will creep in and drive
                       me toward another playing
                       of the game.
                       Perhaps it has been this 
                       way for all eternity.
                       Perhaps we are the 
                       gods at play.
                       And reality becomes the
                       ultimate role-playing
                       game.
                       If so, then the barriers
                       are not undesired.
                       They exist to keep us in
                       in the game.
                       Should we become to aware
                       of our own truth, the veil
                       will drop and our part in
                       the game will be over.
                       We will lose.
                       Then again, perhaps that is
                       the goal of this game.
                       Perhaps the point is to
                       overcome all of the
                       barriers to psychic awareness
                       and cheat death.
                       Since knowing what that
                       goal is could make it 
                       too easy, we are destined
                       to continue from life to
                       life until our collective knowledge
                       is capable of making the
                       right choices.
                       This is why I say in all things
                       do what your belief leads you 
                       to do.
                       There is no truth.
                       There is only what you believe.
                       Believe what you must to
                       survive.
                       Don't believe in vain.
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                         Third Exercise

                       While your thinking progresses
                       try to see the lines which connect
                       all to all.
                       It is as easy as opening the
                       third eye with your eyes closed
                       only now they are open.
                       Notice that every patern as
                       it shifts from one moment
                       to the next sends ripples
                       along the contours of space.
                       If you try to understand it,
                       if your intelect tries to
                       explain it, it will be 
                       more difficult to accomplish.
                       This is why a fool is more 
                       teachable than an intelligent,
                       thinking person.
                       Nothing is written that
                       cannot be changed.
                       Nothing is written that 
                       cannot be rewritten.
                       No-one knows the truth.
                       There is no truth.
                       Death is an illusion.
                       Life is an illusion.
                       All that is real is your
                       belief.
                       And that to will pass 
                       away in time.
                       There are no constants.
                       There is only our ever-
                       changing belief.
                       All that we see passes
                       away and is gone.
                       The vision can only be
                       regained be the faithful
                       mind.
                       And perhaps it was only
                       there that it ever was
                       perceived.
                       Perhaps reality exists
                       no-where else but in the
                       mind.
                       If so, what fun we 
                       will have.


                          BOOK ONE IS
                           FINISHED.


