Sacred Circles

Our beliefs are not algorithmic conclusions, because what they encompass does not manifest in a linear way. The alpha and omega come full circle. That circle is the self.

Visualize your sense of self at the centre of a big mandala. Surrounding that central circle, let’s call it the observer. You have all the circles that constitute our beliefs. As long as the integrity of those circles remains intact, we would feel if not well and happy, then at least that everything is “okay.” We need our beliefs. Peace is limited by the breaks in our circles. This is why they say not to break the circle lest you release the demon.

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“I draw circles and sacred boundaries about me; fewer and fewer climb with me up higher and higher mountains.—I am building a mountain chain out of ever-holier mountains.” Friedrich Nietzsche (German classical Scholar, Philosopher and Critic of culture, 1844-1900.)