metaphysics

There is so much more than we can see, there is so much more that we can be.

In reality, mankind is still metaphysically in God__ likeness, butGod__ image in mankind has been altered by sin. We can no longerduplicate or reflect God__ attitudes as we once could do. That is, we canno longer be holy as God is holy. Our morality has been altered and nolonger has the capability to duplicate or reflect God__ image. So what isthe answer? Can this image be repaired or made whole again? The answeris, YES!

The type of nothing from which something can arise is truly something.

For one to define and understand the nature of the universe, one must firstunderstand the nature of the force behind its existence.

Attaining consciousness is connected with the gradual liberation from mechanicalness, for man is fully and completely under mechanical laws.

That afternoon She listened to the grievances of the dead from two warring nations. Both sides had suffered, both sides had legitimate grievances, both pled their cases earnestly. She covered Her ears and moaned in misery. She knew Her humans were multidimensional and She could no longer live under the rigid architecture of Her youthful choices.

When you decide to appreciate something, no matter how subtle, you absolutely do pivot and shift your vibration significantly.

And just as the same town, when looked at from different sides, appears quite different and is, as it were, multiplied in perspective, so also it happens that because of the infinite number of simple substances, it is as if there were as many different universes, which are however but different perspective representations of a single universe form the different point of view of each monad.

Serenity comes from the ability to say __es_ to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say __o_ to the wrong choices made by others.

So live. I'll be the nun for you. I am now.

To understand an issue or someone__ argument about anything,one needs to understand the very nature of the issue, which is thefoundational question concerning anything.

Derrida_ labels as __etaphysical_ any such thought system which depends on an unassailable foundation, a first principle or unimpeachable ground upon which a whole hierarchy of meanings may be constructed. It is not that he believes that we can merely rid ourselves of the urge to forge such first principles, for such an impulse is deeply embedded in our history, and cannot _ at least as yet _ be eradicated or ignored. Derrida would see his own work as inescapably __ontaminated_ by such metaphysical thought, much as he strives to give it the slip. But if you examine such first principles closely, you can see that they may always be __econstructed_: they can be shown to be products of a particular system of meaning, rather than what props it up from the outside.

In periods when shallow speculation is rife, one might think that metaphysics would shine forth, at least, by the brilliance of its modest reserve. But the very age that is unaware of the majesty of metaphysics, likewise overlooks its poverty. Its majesty? It is wisdom. Its poverty? It is human science.

God is triune, and all reality is structured in terms of Him. A brief definition of the Trinity might be this: One God without division in a plurality of Persons, and three Persons without confusion in a unity of essence. God is not 'basically' One, with the individual Persons being derived from the oneness; nor is God 'basically' Three, with the unity of the Persons being secondary. God is One, and God is Three. There are not three Gods; there is only one God. Yet each of the Persons is Himself God _ and They are distinct, individual Persons. But there is only one God. "To put it in more philosophical language, God__ unity (oneness) and diversity (threeness, individuality) are equally ultimate. God is 'basically' One and 'basically' Three at the same time. And the same goes for all of creation. Both unity and diversity are important _ equally important. Neither aspect of reality has priority over the other.

...being aware that the sacred quality hidden in the experience of eroticism is something impossible for language to reach (this is also due to the impossibility of experiencing of re-experiencing anything through language), Bataille still expresses it in words. (Mishima on Bataille)

Can you really believe that a drop of urine is an infinity of monads, and that each of these has ideas, however obscure, of the universe as a whole?

...knowing about your past lives is worse than useless if that knowledge doesn't bring you some kind of positive change or healing.

Your manifesting results comprise a chain with a zillion tiny links__oments, experiences, conversations, physical objects, and coinciding events__ll leading up to what you'd consider "the finished product" or the goal achieved. Be open to recognizing and appreciating every link. Normally the mind glosses, or even steamrollers, over them, discounting them as stupid, unimportant, too-little-too-late, irrelevant or uninteresting.