If the online hustlers had it their way, you'd be chained to the throne of discipline; Holy Emperor of absolute certainty sending every ounce of treacherous doubt to the guillotine. In their world self-certainty is God. There's no time for pondering or wondering, no time for confusion or doubt. “Time
I am wondering what comes after "Take up your sword and cut your own path." Having slain doubt, I see that the thicket of the self is incredibly dense and intertwined with other people, living and dead. I can only show a fraction of myself and do not want to wound others who accidentally become part of my personal story (and yet I cannot tell the story without them). Compare the content from the photo of my 1994 Oxford pocket diary entries to the surrounding text and you will see how large the gap can be: https://eldermentor.substack.com/p/turl-street-not-exactly-diagon-alley.
I am wondering what comes after "Take up your sword and cut your own path." Having slain doubt, I see that the thicket of the self is incredibly dense and intertwined with other people, living and dead. I can only show a fraction of myself and do not want to wound others who accidentally become part of my personal story (and yet I cannot tell the story without them). Compare the content from the photo of my 1994 Oxford pocket diary entries to the surrounding text and you will see how large the gap can be: https://eldermentor.substack.com/p/turl-street-not-exactly-diagon-alley.