Um, yep. Sure did. Then again, I get that a lot. It's like people hold me up to some standard, like my idea of what CM might be effective for is inconsequential. Which is really funny, since I, of course, am the final authority in my paradigms.
Chaos Magic is a way to change reality. It is not, necessarily, the best way. Reliance on CM doesn't make you a Chaote, it cripples you. Moderation and balance are not bad things: sometimes, even a Chaote will find that the easiest and most efficient method of achieving his goals is not through magic.
Besides, switching paradigms to make ASL easy would have made me far more disappointed with my grade. Who, really, wants the payoff when you didn't produce it with work?
Some things work best without CM. Some work best with a little thrown in for flavouring. And some things work best by relying heavily on CM.
It is important to learn the difference, to know it. CM complicates the life of the practitioner. It doesn't simplify it
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Holy crap (which is, what I believe they are-- how judgmental I am!). I don't think it is really a standard they're holding you up to (insert snarky comment about it here). But we both know what I think about people and you: they yap too much when they'd be better off talking to the mirror.
Do people not understand physics and chaos? I hear an earful about it and chaos magic constantly-- I live with a black hole magician. ;)
I still want to see that black hole magic article for O←. I think it'd be great :) (speaking of, we really need to do that. . .)
I'm not sure that I understand physics and chaos, but I've a least read a bit about the topics. I actually find the misapplication of the sciences to magic to be marvelously interesting and amazingly effective (because quantum theory and magic don't actually match up at all. . . magicians just think that they do, special thanks to RAW, may his soul smoke weed in peace up in the bar in Key West).
As for what folk think about me? Eh, I've been dealing with it. And I'll keep dealing with it.
Hey, did you know that I only own seven mirrors? Three of them are in my car, two came with the house, one was bought for Tina, and one is 3x1.5 inches in size and used on the trail to put in contacts? I don't have a mirror in my room.
And yet I still think of myself as having the necessary narcissism for the priesthood. :)
This strikes me as very interesting. I contacted a Pope @ the MIT Aikido Studio for the possibility of tie-ing some of these ideas down. Still haven't worked out the details of what I'm going to ask Re. MC 900ft Escher, KSC, 2nd Dan Black Belt, Dancing WuDo Master, :. :., etc, etc.
Trying to find more Discordians (because this means a multitide of Opinions) that integrate such inherent first circuit re-training methods into other aspects of their life.
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Please tell me the if you cannot do this you suck as a chaos magician was not actually spoken/written by someone.
I have all but forgotten most of my ASL (my parents are fluent).
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Chaos Magic is a way to change reality. It is not, necessarily, the best way. Reliance on CM doesn't make you a Chaote, it cripples you. Moderation and balance are not bad things: sometimes, even a Chaote will find that the easiest and most efficient method of achieving his goals is not through magic.
Besides, switching paradigms to make ASL easy would have made me far more disappointed with my grade. Who, really, wants the payoff when you didn't produce it with work?
Some things work best without CM. Some work best with a little thrown in for flavouring. And some things work best by relying heavily on CM.
It is important to learn the difference, to know it. CM complicates the life of the practitioner. It doesn't simplify it ( ... )
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Do people not understand physics and chaos? I hear an earful about it and chaos magic constantly-- I live with a black hole magician. ;)
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I'm not sure that I understand physics and chaos, but I've a least read a bit about the topics. I actually find the misapplication of the sciences to magic to be marvelously interesting and amazingly effective (because quantum theory and magic don't actually match up at all. . . magicians just think that they do, special thanks to RAW, may his soul smoke weed in peace up in the bar in Key West).
As for what folk think about me? Eh, I've been dealing with it. And I'll keep dealing with it.
Hey, did you know that I only own seven mirrors? Three of them are in my car, two came with the house, one was bought for Tina, and one is 3x1.5 inches in size and used on the trail to put in contacts? I don't have a mirror in my room.
And yet I still think of myself as having the necessary narcissism for the priesthood. :)
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Trying to find more Discordians (because this means a multitide of Opinions) that integrate such inherent first circuit re-training methods into other aspects of their life.
Thanks for the ideas!
Namaste,
-Telarus, KSC
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