Insightful.
Reaching for too much 'personal gain' is the haunted 'third rail' of all things spiritual and esoteric and, as history as far as we know it shows, the end bane of all who reached too far.
Most of US decent folk instinctively know the difference between 'too far' and 'just a bit more'.
Everything has a price, of course.
Nothing is properly gained without a compensatory 'sacrifice'.
Part of Wisdom is knowing the difference between 'just a bit moar' and 'over the line'.
Quoting: *SyncAsFunk* Glad you found it insightful, you're right as well.
The history of reaching too far; agreed. Still, so many refuse to learn from past. It amazes me that there is a mindset out there that we should stop looking at the past.
Sacrifice is interesting in that way. I find it especially ludicrous to sacrifice someone else, something else, something that isn't yours in seeking to gain. Take from someone in order to 'gain' for yourself. Just theft built upon theft. Everything has a price, including theft.
This is of course quite different to offering a gift.
The word wisdom is always funny to me. I've been called wise, told things like 'yeah but you have wisdom'.
I know there are quotes from far 'wiser' people than me regarding this but; I'm just a fool who stepped outside the box, experienced a strange and dangerous new world and started thinking on what I observed.
I'll stop now, lest we get in to a circle jerk of patting each other on the head for being correct :P
