Comment with your name, your passion/theoretical interests, what got you interested in the CTMU, and how you came to find out about Compatriot Academy!
My name is Ariyan Purusha (not my real name but the name I have chosen for myself since converting to Buddhism and Taoism). My passions are grounded in subjects that delve into the nature of reality itself such as philosophy, theology, cosmology, geometry, mathematics and metaphysics. What got me interested in the CTMU specifically was an interview I watched with Christopher Langan and Michael Knowles. From that interview I went down a rabbit hole of nothing but CTMU content. Being a very spiritual person myself, I began writing passages that were very much in allignment with existing spiritual concepts and CTMU principles. Below is one example: Divinities of the Dao/Monad: As the Dao (Divine Way) or the Monad (Divine One) gave rise to the Pleroma (Divine Cosmos), dualities were instantly formed. However, it was not merely the Yin and Yang (Divine Dualities) that came into being; also emerging were Triunes (Divine Trinities). The Triune of which I speak is not the Christian Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), of which we humans are clearly separated from. Rather, I refer to a Triune that encompasses the entirety of all Prakriti (Matter) and Purusha (Spirit); a Triune so sublime that the Wise unknowingly teach it, the Sages so desperately seek it, while the Common Man remains completely oblivious to it. This ultimate Triune converges the Hindu Brahman (Divine Substrate) with the Hermetic Nous (Divine Mind) to form the Hellenic Telos (Divine Purpose), each playing its role in creating a harmonious cosmic symphony that reflects the essential Mizān (Divine Balance), Wu Wei (Divine Synchronicity) and Lila (Divine Play) of all conscious and unconscious forms of existence. (For simplicity's sake, you may think of Brahman as the vehicle, Nous as the operator of said vehicle, and Telos as the meaningful interaction between the two, forming a Triune of epic proportions. This Triune I shall call Telesis.) It is through the attaining of this type of Gnosis (Divine Knowledge), that one may come to know the Dharma (Divine Law) required to reunite with their Atman (Divine Self) through spiritual practices that develop their Logos (Divine Reason), Sophia/Prajna (Divine Wisdom), Fitrah (Divine Purity), Qi/Chakra (Divine Energy), Prana (Divine Vitality), Sunyata (Divine Vacuity), Vipassana (Divine Clarity), Akasha (Divine Memory), Karuna (Divine Empathy), Arya (Divine Nobility), Mana (Divine Authority) and Karma (Divine Causality). In doing so, one may completely break free from Dhukkha (Suffering) and the Jiva (Individual Illusion), Anicca (Impermanence) and the Maya (Material Illusion), as well as the cycles of Samsara (Rebirth) and Anatta (Self Illusion) altogether, in order to finally reach true Moksha (Divine Liberation), Nirvana (Divine Transcendence) and Yoga (Divine Union) with the Dao/Monad; the original and ineffable source of all creation.