Become vision itself.
PLOTINUSThe means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
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One word was uttered and from every side an ear attended and received and there was an effective hearing.
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Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls.
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Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful as yet, do as the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful.
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Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together.
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Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.
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Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.
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Beauty addresses itself chiefly to sight, but there is a beauty for the hearing too.
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God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
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The world is knowable, harmonious, and good.
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Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing.
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In actions, in character, in the pursuits of the intellect; and there is the beauty of the virtues.
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Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.
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Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue.
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Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat?
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Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
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