In Search of Being

Key Insight 1: Man's Mechanical Nature & The Illusion of Waking Life

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Key Insight 2: The Fragmented "I" and Absence of True Will

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Key Insight 3: The Human Machine: Functions, Centers, and Immaterial Bodies

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Key Insight 4: Cosmic Laws: The Law of Three and Law of Octaves

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Key Insight 5: Conscious Evolution: The Path of Knowledge and Being

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Key Insight 6: The Imperative of Self-Observation and Inner Work

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Key Insight 7: Disillusionment and the Necessity of "Schools"

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Key Insight 8: Liberation Through Voluntary Suffering and Freedom from Influences

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Key Insight 9: The True Aim of Religion: "Doing" and Acquiring a Soul

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Key Insight 10: Objective Art, Symbols, and the Enneagram as Keys to Knowledge

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