Becoming a Cause
Rising above being merely an effect to become a causer.
Most people are moved about like pawns on a chessboard, effects of causes they do not understand. The Hermetist learns to rise to a higher plane of causation, becoming a mover rather than a pawn, a player rather than a piece. This is true mastery.
The Masters obey the Causation of the higher planes, but they help to rule on their own plane.
Becoming a cause requires rising to higher planes through mental and spiritual development.
The Kybalion
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- What Hermeticism says about failure
The Kybalion's image is a chessboard: most people are pieces moved by causes they do not understand, and the work is to become a player. Failure is the moment you can most clearly see which of the two you have been.