For the highest degree, there is nothing but God. Elevation is not due to one’s essence, but to one’s knowledge. Hence, elevation is by rank, not place. Nevertheless, rank, on Earth, is based on authority, whether or not he is worthy of it. *The most knowledgeable of people can be ruled by the person with the position of power, even if that person is the most ignorant of people. Continue reading
Naïve Set Theory requires no math knowledge: just the ability to count and to reason logically. A “set” is defined by the everyday understanding of the term and does not rely on abstruse concepts in mathematical logic. Hence, it can be used, in principle, for self study. Continue reading
All things are in pairs, each the opposite of the other, but nothing the Lord made is incomplete. Everything completes the goodness of something else. Could anyone ever see enough of this splendor? ~ Sirach 42:24-25 Continue reading
God brings us blessings but He also brings us tribulations. They each require a different response. We need to feel gratitude for the good time, but patience and acceptance for the bad times. On the contrary, we usually take the good times for granted, as if they are normative rather than the exception. Continue reading
The present age is a critical one and interesting to live in. The civilisation characteristic of Christendom has not disappeared, yet another civilisation has begun to take its place. The shell of Christendom is broken. The unconquerable mind of the East, the pagan past, the industrial socialistic future confront it with their equal authority. Continue reading
George Santayana is the third of the Saturnine philosophers, following Spinoza and Schopenhauer. Although all three have a similar understanding of the Manifest world, the differ on how to express the Unseen. By dint of human effort, they rise to the top of the Visible world and point their mental telescopes at the sky. There they find the secret sun, which shines so bright, that its light hides all the lesser lights of the Visible World.
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Midnight snacks for the Conemplative:
Prayer of the Heart, Anima Dreams, World Cycles, and Devious Professions. Continue reading
If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited. Continue reading
why god created lucifer, knowing that one day he would turn his back on him. God really likes to see the circus on fire? Continue reading
The intellectual love of God combines the highest form of knowledge with the greatest emotion. In effect, this is God contemplating himself in the being. Our love for God, therefore, is God’s love for humanity.
Salvation therefore consists in a constant and eternal love of God. This is the most elevated and desirable state, and is the goal of the Ethics.
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