T HE N INE [*] S INS ( TO AVOID )

S T U P I D I TY
- lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense.
- "Do not accept stupidity." You must try not to be stupid by equipping yourself with knowledge and in the
event you do something stupid, learn from it so you will not do it again.

P R E T E NT I O U S N E S S
- taking credit for things you are undeserving of.

S OL I PS I S M
- believing that the ONLY real truth is that which you believe. A basic example of this would be expecting
people to give you the same consideration, courtesy and respect that you give them just because you
treat them that way. A truth of this person would be that he/she treats people with consideration,
courtesy and respect. If this person believes that other people will treat him/her the same because he/she
does, this person is believing that their truth is true for others.
- This also refers to the denial of truths outside of one’s mind. Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only
one's own mind is sure to exist. This is based on the idea that you cannot know for sure any fact about
anyone because each individual’s personal experiences only reside with the person who had them. So,
unless their experience was also your own, you cannot know for sure that fact about that person.

S E LF - D E C E I T
- lying to one self.

H E RD C O N F OR M I T Y

- acting to get a group of people (friends or co-workers for example) to like you for a reason other than for
self benefit.
- the denial of one’s true self.

LACK OF P E RS P E C T I V E
- failure to keep in mind the historical and societal points of view when examining something.

F OR G E T F UL N E S S OF P AS T O R T H OD O X I E S
- denying widely accepted truths you yourself once accepted before.
C O U NT E R P RO D U C T I V E P R I D E
- Being too proud such that it negatively impacts your life and does not help gain anything. Counter-
productive pride leads to self destruction.

LACK OF AESTHETICS
- Refusing to acknowledge art or beauty in any form or in certain forms.
 T HE E LEVEN [*] R ULES
- Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
- Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
- When in another's home, show them respect or else do not go there.
- If a guest in your home annoys you, treat them cruelly and without mercy.
- Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
- Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and they cry out
to be relieved.
- Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
- Do not harm little children, for they are our future.
- Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
- When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they don’t
stop, destroy them.
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- Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny
the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.