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 exist-
ance.  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 pro-
gram,  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 wiz-
ards 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.