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All the variety, all the delight, all the beauty of life is made up of shadow and light. 
--- Lev Tolstoj, Anna Karenina (Moscow: 1878)







“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” 
--- Pseudo-Plato



"Even the most unhappy of experiences, shall we say, which seem to occur in the Catalyst of the adept, seen 
from the viewpoint of the spirit, may, with the discrimination possible in shadow, be worked with until light 
equaling the light of brightest noon descends upon the adept and positive or service-to-others illumination has 
occurred. The service-to-self adept will satisfy itself with the shadows and, grasping the light of day, will toss 
back the head in grim laughter, preferring the darkness."
--- The Ra









He would see faces in movies, on TV, in magazines, and in books
He thought that some of these faces might be right for him
And through the years, by keeping an ideal facial structure fixed in his mind
Or somewhere in the back of his mind
That he might, by force of will, cause his face to approach those of his ideal

The change would be very subtle
It might take ten years or so
Gradually his face would change its shape
A more hooked nose
Wider, thinner lips
Beady eyes
A larger forehead

He imagined that this was an ability he shared with most other people
They had also molded their faces according to some ideal
Maybe they imagined that their new face would better suit their personality
Or maybe they imagined that their personality would be forced to change to fit the new appearance

This is why first impressions are often correct
Although some people might have made mistakes
They may have arrived at an appearance that bears no relationship to them
They may have picked an ideal appearance based on some childish whim, or momentary impulse
Some may have gotten halfway there
And then changed their minds

He wonders if he too might have made a similar mistake


"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."
--- Pseudo-Plato




 
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