Before undergoing Calcination,
people are stubborn, self-centered, materialistic, fearful, and neurotic.
About the only positive quality that can be found in such a person is a
certain practicality and prudence that comes from having their dreams
repeatedly squashed.
How does one who
has gone through the process of Calcination appear to the outside world?
He or she has gained respect for the powerful hidden forces within and has
lost respect for the transient and illusory forces outside. The calcined
person no longer approaches the world through the pulpit of ego but instead
has discovered the preeminence of the One Thing within, at the
tabernacle of the Soul, from which springs active participation in the course
of one's life. Other people often describe being in the presence of a
calcined person as "refreshing." They sense the freedom of no
longer having to be concerned about being manipulated or controlled by the
deceits of someone's ego. It is like being in a garden where everything
is growing healthily and naturally, and everyone benefits by just being there.
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