This group is dedicated to exploring The Young Man and the Sage, the first book of The Herald’s Trilogy. Here we gather to reflect on its teachings, symbols, and storylines in the context of Netism. Reflect on the book as it applies to your personal journey. What themes jump out at you? What insights did you gain? There isn’t one way to interpret the novel, its translation is fluid from reader to reader, and even from one read to the next. Whether you are reading the book for the first time or returning for deeper study, your presence enriches the group.
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FieldsOfJasmine replied to the topic
Before Awakening, Chapter 1 of The Young Man and the Sage in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 2 days, 2 hours agoI definitely know struggle but I also know how to plow through it no matter what. Hard times will show you who your real friends are and even though it hurts its better to know. Awakening comes in a lot of forms. I’m still going through awakenings but always lookin forward.
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EchoCrypt replied to the topic
Before Awakening, Chapter 1 of The Young Man and the Sage in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 2 days, 6 hours agoHit me like bricks on a psychedelic journey I was not prepared for. Was just out to have a good night and saw some shit I couldn’t come back from, in a good way though. I was ready but really seeing life beyond the physical shook me up for awhile. Lost some friends too later on because I couldn’t do the same old wasting my life away like it…[Read more]
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NoraSpinnor started the topic
Before Awakening, Chapter 1 of The Young Man and the Sage in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 days, 5 hours agoBased off The Young Man and the Sage, by Nora Spinnor, primer version for people who haven’t read the book as well as those who have:
Laolys, a newly elected politician, climbs the mountain to learn from the sage because he wants to make the world a better place. Upon meeting him, he is confronted with a difficult decision. Carrying on the…[Read more]
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Healing_Lotus replied to the topic
What Makes Someone a Sage? in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 1 week, 2 days agoIt’s spirituality on a whole nother level.
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STELLA replied to the topic
What Makes Someone a Sage? in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 1 week, 3 days agoA sage knows the cosmos and soul like a map. That’s why they are the way they are they see the bigger picture.
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DREW replied to the topic
What Makes Someone a Sage? in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 1 week, 3 days agoHard to say. For me, sage is someone who is not programmed and who chooses kindness, not manipulation.
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NoraSpinnor started the topic
What Makes Someone a Sage? in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 2 weeks agoMy recent book, The Young Man and the Sage, raises the question: what qualities make up a sage? The answer is not simple. It does not lie in perfection, because perfection is impossible. It does not mean having all the answers, because no one has all the answers. It lies in a special spark that sees beyond established patterns, and a willingness…[Read more]
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NoraSpinnor replied to the topic
On Sanity in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks agoHi Maya, we address this. The ideal model involves a classification system where a patient can distinguish from subconscious fears (i.e., phenomena is leak from the mental plane), or random or unknown figures (bleed through from parallel worlds or other planes). The main ideas are to classify what they are so they can be addressed and to validate…[Read more]
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MayaMoonHealer replied to the topic
On Sanity in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks agoAs a mental health professional, I think this is a really interesting approach. We have to have a lot of caution in what we confirm as real, though. Some patients suffer from very frightening visions. I would hate to tell someone that those were real. Instead setting up a way to distinguish between visions and label them might help dismiss some…[Read more]
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joshchen replied to the topic
The Limits of Perfection: Choosing Harmony Over Utopia in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks agoThis concept is really big in Taoism too. I think people could really benefit if they took this concept to heart. We can’t have it all and have no bad consequences. Everything has a price and you have to be willing to pay it. Nowadays, people want things immediately and dont think about the work involved. Wanna be a youtube star? Well you gotta…[Read more]
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joshchen replied to the topic
On Sanity in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks agoFirst of all, really great novel! Second, this is a really interesting subject. For a very long time people did treat the mentally ill as if they had a spiritual sickness. They didn’t really help them though, except by trying to do exorcisms. This puts a whole new spin on it. Maybe they are seeing spiritual realms, or parallel worlds, it’s all…[Read more]
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NoraSpinnor started the topic
On Sanity in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 3 months, 3 weeks agoSanity, according to the Sage, is a moving coordinate that depends on viewpoint, context, and integration. We often label “insane” what departs from the majority’s perception. Yet the book reminds us that genuine awakening also produces a radical shift in perception: what once felt normal can later look reckless, self-blinding, even “craz…[Read more]
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NoraSpinnor started the topic
The Limits of Perfection: Choosing Harmony Over Utopia in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 4 months agoPerfection is a mirage—compelling from afar, corrosive up close. A key Stoic insight is that every action carries a cost as well as a reward. Nothing arrives free of trade-offs; sometimes the price is less than ideal, yet the overall gain is still worth it. In such a world, “perfect” is structurally impossible: the good always drags some bad in it…[Read more]
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EchoCrypt replied to the topic
On the Release of the Book in the forum The Young Man and the Sage Discussion 4 months, 1 week agogot this ready to listen to on my drive to work tomorrow
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