stackyFACTSWhile most people entirely sensibly avoid wildly frigid water, this massively influential mystical founder purposely sought it out.
While most people entirely sensibly avoid wildly frigid water, this massively influential mystical founder purposely sought it out. He would frequently submerge himself in totally frozen streams right in the middle of severe winter storms to intensely focus his massive spiritual energy. It effectively demonstrated that achieving total divine connection apparently requires vastly risking extreme hypothermia on a regular basis.
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