Продолжая тему настольных ролевых игр и конкретно магов из Mage the Ascension, хочу оставить здесь морально-этический кодекс, которым руководствуется традиция Sahajiya (Сахаджа) так же известная как Cult of Ecstasy.
Да, это вымышленный кодекс вымышленной группировки мистиков из вымышленного мира, но во мне что-то откликается, и мне хочется ему следовать, чёрт возьми!
The Code of Ananda
1. Thou art miraculous; so are we all.
2. He who spits on his good right hand
shall find the left one fails him in need.
3. Each gold coin yields two like it:
Each stalk given creates a bundle.
Yet each coin taken turns the rest to dross
and one bundle gone creates a famine.
Thus shall a Seer account his deeds.
4. Some minds rest best asleep.
Stir not those who would not waken otherwise.
5. Truths foreseen are not always Truths.
6. If a man would rend another's Passions,
let him be as one torn by wild dogs.
For Passions are the seat of the Self,
and if they bleed, so too does the soul.
7. Let each Seer account his own deeds.
And should those deeds want for wisdom or kindness
let him be put forth to weep alone.
8. Humour cooleth blood; Wrath spilleth it.
9. Even trees rent by lightning may grow new fruit.
10. A fool feels no fear;
a Sleeper remains shackled by it;
A Master transcends it yet recalls its wisdom.
It is good to be afraid, it is folly to bow to terror.
Кодекс впервые опубликован в книге Cult of Ecstasy: Tradition Book. Автор — Phil Brucato. Я безумно благодарен ему за этот кусочек мудрости.
