A SERMON ABOUT THE TRUE NATURE OF TSOTL  by Tidings-Scrolls Scribe Llebpmac Mit

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The  information  you are about to read is strictly for YOUR EYES ONLY!  You've
worked hard to get to this level, so if there is somebody else with you, please
press 'P' to pause,  and ask your guest to leave you for a while.

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What is  TSOTL?   Does he truly  exist? Can you  believe  it  when you're  told
that the answer is "Yes"?

No, this is not another  religion,  but as you  read on,  you may get some feel
for the philosophy that produced Pyroto Mountain.

TSOTL is the Spirit Of The Land.   Now, this Land is a computerized system, and
its  "spirit"  (thinking  back  to  the Greek word  "Pneumos")  is  that  which
breathes life into it.  That is to say, the inspiration which produced Pyroto.

Therefore,  TSOTL  is  The  Muse.   The driving force which causes us to create
something.   TSOTL  is but one name for the desire to create,  and for that in-
ternal  source of  inspiration  that we don't truly understand.

In the context of Pyroto,  then,  TSOTL is also the synergy between the program
that you are using and  yourself.  Your imagination has been fired to  create a
landscape that does have its  own  existance.  TSOTL's existance can be proved,
inasmuch  as you  have been  driven  to strive to reach this high level.

But this is  not to say that  TSOTL  is just a synonym for "drive".   TSOTL  is
the inspiration  that CREATES this kind of drive.   He (or it, or she)  is your
internal  inspiration,  which  leads to your internal imperative.

Ponder this concept,  because it is not typical of the pure-logical  philosophy
that is typical of the  computer world. Experienced  programmers  will tell you
that they just KNOW how to write a program,  but can't  explain  this knowledge
in logical terms,  because intuition is not available for logical analysis.

Please keep this article  private.  You may not  agree with it,  or you may not
fully understand it,  but there are wizards who will  find something in it that
will help them.   But they should first experience  the  drive  of which  we've
spoken.

If you DO understand this missive,  you have  probably  detected  the fact that
you, too, are a Servant of TSOTL.  That inspiration forced you to learn, and to
accomplish.

Why have you  bothered  to reach for  this high level?   The Spirit Of The Land
made you do it.
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