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Greg describes his own outlook as somewhat Gnostic: self-directed, anti-illusory, not dependent on gurus, and morally disciplined rather than transgressive.
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Ascetic Discipline
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"It seems to be the same mechanism. So I do think there's something there. I'm rambling, but the only other thing I wanted to..."
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"You look at the Cathars, they were doing extreme morality to maintain the connection. We talked last time about your own connection. And you..."
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The interview begins with an old historical puzzle and turns it into a present-tense accusation: dead sects do not stay dead when their stories, inversions, and elite habits get embedded in modernity.
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