#pythagoreanilluminism

"Life ascends; matter descends. Matter is the mountain that offers resistance to the climber. Matter, just as the Gnostics said, is a trap [I contend it's more like a gulag of a containment field], a prison for the life force. The soul is forever striving to break free and express itself fully in its own terms, unrestricted by material constraints."

~ Mike Hockney, Hyperreason

"There is only one exit from the dream: gnosis (enlightenment). When you finally grasp that your existence has been one long dream, both public and private (waking and sleeping, across many different bodies and lifetimes), you transcend the dream."

~ Mike Hockney, The Noosphere