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>>9654842
>The distinctions between levels of hypostasis, levels of the soul, inability of discursiveness to possess immediate knowledge etc. appears very nebulous and arcane to me

My man, don't tell me you've skipped Plato and jumped straight into Plotinus. These topics are aptly covered in the dialogues and are essential for a proper comprehension.

Originally, before Porphyry organized the material, the Enneads were a bunch of notes Plotinus scribbled down over the years while lecturing at the Platonic Academy.
As a Scholarch, Plotinus' main occupation was defending the true position of Plato against other philosophies in debates and lectures; that is likewise the overaching theme of the Enneads.

>>9654842
He's a mystic. You have to experience the One.

>We, in our higher selves, are truly that All, but we do not understand the All, Real Being, or Nous till we radically simplify ourselves and turn away from all considerations of space and quantity and from our lower selves and their concerns in the material world.

>This is the soul's true end, to touch that Light and set It by Itself, not by another light, by itself, Which gives it sight as well. It must see That Light by which it is enlightened; for we do not see the sun by another light than his own. How then can this happen? Take away everything!

>When the soul has good fortune with Him and He comes to it, or rather when His presence becomes manifest, when it turns away from the things present to it and prepares itself, making itself as beautiful as possible, and comes to likeness with Him (those who practise this preparation and adorning know clearly what they are); then it sees Him suddenly appearing in itself (for there is nothing between, nor are they still two, but both are one; while He is present, you could not distinguish them; lovers and those they love here imitate this state in their longing to unite); it is not conscious of being in its body any more, nor does it call itself anything else, human or living being, or being, or all; to contemplate these things does not suit its present state; it has no time for them and does not want them; it seeks the Good and meets It when It is present and looks at It instead of itself; and it has no time to see who it is who looks. There it would not exchange anything in the world for This, not even if you gave it the mastery over the whole heaven, since there is nothing better, no greater good; for it cannot go higher, and everything else, however exalted, only belongs to it when it comes down.

>>9654933
Is experiencing the One the equivalent of experiencing gnosis? What does this look like in practice?

hmm?

>>9654655
Or No Exit or The Words if you want something non-fiction.

Read his plays

no it's shit

>>9654467
get fucked

>>9654467
fpbp

Actors are modern day toddlers because they pretend to be in order to become.

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>>9654126

>because they pretend to be in order to become.

What did anon mean by this?

>>9654126
get ur mits back on that E-meter lil chuckie

>>9653987

no u

it's true, sincerity is the way

this is a board dedicated to making shit up

>>9653979
The entire book can be summarize thus:
1. Create/identify a trigger for the habit
2. Create a routine to do when the trigger hits
3. Reward yourself after completing the routine

You can use that framework to disrupt bad habits (switch bad routines with good ones or interrupt/avoid triggers) or build good ones.

Stoic literature > Christian literature = Buddhist literature >>> new age "spirituality" books >>>>>>>>> self-help books

>>9654215
Alternatively you could just read Sisyphus by Camus

That's all the self help you need!

The best way to understand women.

No joke

Try to give yourself an orgasm by just massaging your prostate.

Other than that. Simone DeBeaviour
Cosmopolitan
Seventeen
Secrets of the yaya sisterhood
Memoirs of a geisha
Sisterhood of the travelling pants
Patti Smith

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>>9653949

smoke heroin

Avoid study Bibles and commentaries. Get a King James Bible and let the Holy Spirit be your guide. Then find yourself a Bible-believing Baptist Church and make fellowship with believers

>>9653946
God hates poorfags

>Make bible in epub format
>Profit

Study bibles are open source right?

>>9653911
its not mind blowing thats for sure. not that hard. just have google close at hand and you will be fine.

>>9653915
why is it not?

>>9653918
its grounded in reality. there are no crazy plot twists or big secrets or any shit that will blow your mind. its great though and really funny. all the characters are just so hopeless and its fun to watch them spiral down and down. the closest it comes to mind blowing is the barn scene. thats all i will say. after that it never really reaches a high again until Stanley plays the piano.

Book related?

Literary Disco is pretty good

>>9653872
Thinking Sideways

Last Podcast on the Left

Chapo Trap House

Common Sense

Hardcore History

Deeper Dive

God Awful Movies

Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Bible Geek

Waking Up

The Gadfather

More /his/ but The History of Rome is really good.

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>>9653866
I think I had one of those books as a kid

>>9653848

best fiction i ever read

A bump, I guess this isn't a normal topic on lit to get attention? Or maybe it's been talked to death? I just don't know.

>>9653709
Library binding? Do you mean leather-bound?

Also, people on /lit/ don't actually like talking about books, especially when it comes to editions of books that they've never held or read since nobody here reads.

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>>9653861
No library binding is just a heavy hardback meant to take punishment since many people are meant to be handling the book, so it's got to be tough.

I love books, but you guys all talk about smart people books so while I want to talk to you guys about something I love, I don't have an entry point. Thanks for responding anon, hope you are reading something good :)

>>9653699
maybe third
You forgot Golding

why isn't that a picture of edmund spenser

>>9653726
Spenser is trash

the bible

>>9653469
There was a short collection of Cicero I had called On Living and Dying Well that was really nice. I read it when I was younger and it helped me stop fearing death and appreciate being alive. It was a really nice read and I happened to receive it when I needed it most.

>>9653470
Worthless.

your gay

>>9653394
lul m8 don't troll palahniuk with the truth like that he'll delete his youtube channel

>>9653384
>fourth rule LIT-CLUB
You probably should replace that rule with a rule abouy proofreading.