"Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper" Francis Bacon.
And our day ends soon and that quote speaks for itself. One starts from hope which is just a good beginning but not an end ; one starts from the intuitive hope of a better one & progresses with knowledge to understand it
And our day ends soon and that quote speaks for itself. One starts from hope which is just a good beginning but not an end ; one starts from the intuitive hope of a better one & progresses with knowledge to understand it
; for the alchemists one starts from the material VITRIOL until reaching the spiritual INRI ; one starts from blind belief and progresses with enlightened knowledge towards fusion with the Source till being able to say "I AM".
And between the beginning and the end of the day,
And between the beginning and the end of the day,
there is a long way to go, a tortuous path, full of pitfalls where one must make choices with discernment ("free will"), an initiatory path. During that long road/path/journey (specific to each one), you learn who you are and build your true self, it is a personal development...
And it is indeed true that "Knowledge is in itself power" (Francis Bacon) versus ignorance which is weakness by symmetry
