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"The master stood before the assembled students and said:
'If you understand, things are just as they are.
If you do not understand, things are just as they are.'"

—Zen Without Zen Masters by Camden Benares, the Count of Five

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Post 24/24
"It would take a thousand years.”
— RAW in Drawing Down The Moon
Also in the book, Greg Hill on Thornley's current shenanigans:

“If I had realized that all of this was going to come true, I would have chosen Venus.”

23/24
"People should accept this and be proud of their own artistry. Discordianism can’t get dogmatic. The whole language would have to change for people to lose track that it was all a joke to begin with."

22/24
"It remains a joke and provides perspective. It’s a satire on human intelligence and is based on the idea that whatever your map of reality, it’s ninety percent your own creation."

21/24
"They show that ideas are only tools and that no idea should be sacrosanct. Thus, Discordianism is a necessary balance. It’s a fail-safe system."

20/24
"Discordian theology is similar to Crowleyanity. You take any of these ideas far enough and they reveal the absurdity of all ideas."

19/24
"Discordianism has a built-in check against getting too serious. The sacred scriptures are so absurd—as soon as you consult the scriptures again, you start laughing."

18/24
“Much of the Pagan Movement started out as jokes, and gradually, as people found out they were getting something out of it, they became serious."

17/24
On page 309, RAW drops some vital Discordian knowledge, which stands as probably the most succinct and to the point summary of Eris worship ever writ (maybe):

16/24
...from the perspective of RAW (Mordecai the Foul) and Greg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger), both interviewed by author Margot Adler.