By David P. duVall (ecajive@maine.rr.com)
What follows I originally posted to alt.games.whitewolf in the recent past in an effort to get others' insights and suggestions. The response there was minimal, though a note of thanks goes to Adamus. The result of his comments was the expansion of the Eight Lotus Path's importance for the Resplendent Crane.
Level | Act of Blindness |
10 | Failing to follow the Mandate of Heaven. |
9 | Not meditating at least 2 hours nightly. |
8 | Failing to destroy a servant of a Yama King, unless that servant is explicitly acting as your mentor. |
7 | Not "Enlightening" someone whose corruption is for personal reasons or gain. Feeling remorseful for any cruelty. |
6 | Missing the opportunity to try to corrupt an innocent or to increase existing corruption. Destroying expediently rather than "poetically." |
5 | Not Tempering the P'o at all times. Refusing to perform cruel acts that are in one's own interest. |
4 | Being moderate in action when it does not serve to increase pain, corruption, or cruelty. |
3 | Being merciful at anytime unless it leads to greater pain, corruption, or cruelty. |
2 | Actively avoiding one's P'o. |
1 | Refusing or hesitating to give or receive a lesson in Pain. |
Level | Act of Blindness |
10 | Not completely severing all ties to an ended Life. |
9 | Becoming too attached to anything or person. |
8 | Being rigid in thought or action. |
7 | Failing to help correct an imbalance or not destroying something that cannot be corrected. |
6 | Choosing too many similar Lives. |
5 | Having too narrow a perspective. |
4 | Being too impatient to learn the lessons from a chosen Life. |
3 | Taking the straight path in thought, speech, or action because another way is inconvenient. |
2 | Not properly living chosen Lives. |
1 | Not meditating at least 1 hour a might on the lessons of a chosen Life. |
Level | Act of Blindness |
10 | Disrespectful towards anything in existence at any time. Being jaded. |
9 | Failure to pursue a new experience at any cost. Failing to put the sun to bed at least one evening a month. |
8 | Not meditating at least 2 hours nightly. Failing to wake the sun at least one morning a month. |
7 | Being overly concerned with the morals and ethics of others to the detriment of one's own sensuality. |
6 | Disrespectful toward a living being, useful or attractive thing, or nature in any form. |
5 | Avoiding injury or death of others at the expense of one's own pleasure. |
4 | Becoming so attached to any one experience that seeking others suffers. |
3 | Being detached or intellectual. Failure to pursue a new experience due to minor inconveniences. |
2 | Disrespectful to spirits, works of art, or wonders of nature. |
1 | Promoting boredom or ennui. Feeling guilty for a new experience. |
Level | Act of Blindness |
10 | Becoming completely compassionless. |
9 | Failing to seek out knowledge at any cost. |
8 | Destroying a source of knowledge. |
7 | Allowing emotions override an opportunity to learn. |
6 | Sharing knowledge in a direct and non-artistic manner. |
5 | Accepting something at face value. |
4 | Failing to meditate at least 2 hours per might. |
3 | Ignoring the filial duties of oneself and others. |
2 | Displaying overt emotion. |
1 | Showing disrespect to the dead, the dying, or any spirit. |
Level | Act of Blindness |
10 | Not following the Eight Lotus Path in all things. |
9 | Allowing a crime against Heaven go unpunished. |
8 | Acting too quickly. Delaying too long. Allowing the P'o to surface in one's self. |
7 | Failing to meditate at least 2 hours per night on the Eight Lotus Path. Being expedient rather than just. |
6 | Ignoring filial duties. Not atoning for one's wrongful actions. |
5 | Seeking to punish before seeking to correct a wrongful action. |
4 | Not seeking to temper the P'o when it arises. Not actively working on the Eight Lotus Path. |
3 | Failing to uphold the Fivefold Way. |
2 | Placing personal desires above duty. |
1 | Losing hope. Failing to see the Second Breath as a gift of Heaven. |