Quote from: LMNO on December 07, 2006, 12:55:37 PM
I see what Hang is saying, I think-- that once you start striving for enlightenment (whatever that is), they enter what RAW and AC calls "Chapel Perilous" or "The Void" (Da'ath?). 
That is, when you get going, you have to dissillusion youself of all (most of) what you were taught.  That brings angst.  Many people give up at this point.
I like the reality of this, Hang.  The road is tough, and it's best to know you're getting into heavy shit.
The long dark night of the soul. It's long and dark and also quite souley and nighty while its at it. It's no fucking joke and only the strong survive. Then comes the golden dawn - not the 19th century philosophers club but the bright awakening it was named after.