Black books: 5.6.7

Young wrote: Everything in front of me is darkened and shaded. It is the gateway of darkness. Whoever enters there must feel their way from burrow to burrow. In this world of darkness, every value is hung. And in this world: the mountain is equal to the smallest things, and a grain of sand contains the entire world. You must abandon all moral judgments, and along with them abandon all logical judgment and personal taste as well. Get rid of all your knowledge, and sacrifice above all your arrogance. Whoever enters here, enters as a poor or a fool, because what we call knowledge here is ignorance, blindness, deafness, and wetness. Enter from that gateway completely poor, humble, ignorant. But do not be greedy or arrogant even in your poverty, ignorance, and humility, and do not expect bread or stones, but look without desire or emotion. Turn all your anger against yourself. Yet, let your hope (which is your greatest good and your greatest power) precede you and serve you as a leader in the world of darkness, for it is of the same essence as the creatures of this world. Let your hope extend toward it endlessly. This book is a journey into confronting the ignorance of the self, the games of the unconscious, and its endless illusions.