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Does sight exist not to see, or hearing not to hear?
So too does existence not exist to achieve imperfection but rather perfection. More still, existence tends towards perfection and not imperfection.
This idea is scoffed at in many ways, one being this: reality cannot be anything other than 'it is.' I.e., nature's imperfections is reality's perfection. We cannot speak of ideal perfection for we do not know it. We cannot know it. Nothing exists beyond 'it is.'
What these ones do not recognize is that every motion is a motion "for" or "towards" some end. Every motion either does not achieve that end or achieves that end in degrees of perfection.
Unconscious, we may feel like we act with no purpose or that all happens around us without purpose. Yet, this is where we must look inward at ourselves: who do I want to become? In what manner am I becomming that person?
We may be surprised that the end we desire is not the one we are moving towards. We may, at times, be surprised by the low, imperfect, and inconsequential ends we strive for.
In Christ, I believe, we find that someone we may strive for. But see what a marvelous perfection it is!
Christ bore weakness and himself was weak. He bore weakness and was strong. His smallness only magnified his glory. The perfection we seek is not in losing ourselves, but dying to ourselves such that we regain ourselves completely. Even 'it is' strives towards 'it is perfect.' The fact that we are individuals does not mean we must seek to lose individuality, but claim it totally. This is what a relationship with God is.
Do we, then, exist to tend towards imperfection, or perfection?
So too does existence not exist to achieve imperfection but rather perfection. More still, existence tends towards perfection and not imperfection.
This idea is scoffed at in many ways, one being this: reality cannot be anything other than 'it is.' I.e., nature's imperfections is reality's perfection. We cannot speak of ideal perfection for we do not know it. We cannot know it. Nothing exists beyond 'it is.'
What these ones do not recognize is that every motion is a motion "for" or "towards" some end. Every motion either does not achieve that end or achieves that end in degrees of perfection.
Unconscious, we may feel like we act with no purpose or that all happens around us without purpose. Yet, this is where we must look inward at ourselves: who do I want to become? In what manner am I becomming that person?
We may be surprised that the end we desire is not the one we are moving towards. We may, at times, be surprised by the low, imperfect, and inconsequential ends we strive for.
In Christ, I believe, we find that someone we may strive for. But see what a marvelous perfection it is!
Christ bore weakness and himself was weak. He bore weakness and was strong. His smallness only magnified his glory. The perfection we seek is not in losing ourselves, but dying to ourselves such that we regain ourselves completely. Even 'it is' strives towards 'it is perfect.' The fact that we are individuals does not mean we must seek to lose individuality, but claim it totally. This is what a relationship with God is.
Do we, then, exist to tend towards imperfection, or perfection?
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If that child is aborted. Never will that child experience life.
That child will never experience love.
Never will it experience hope.
Never will it experience faith.
Never will it experience friendship.
That child will never be, what it was suppose to be put on this earth for.
Never will it be the next greatest President.
Never will it be a child's friend.
Never will it be the next to recieve the Medal of Honor.
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Okay,how about history? For hundreds of years archeology has used the Old Testament and the new, to find buildings, To find people, to find civilizations, to find kings that didn't didn't exist, or they didn't thin
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I'm with God
I go into church..
I feel as if all distractions were gone..
As if my ADHD was cured.
Babies screaming to the right of me.
Mother hushes it..
I don't mind...
I'm glad she chose life..
The noise doesn't matter..
I'm with God.
Man coughing to the left of me.
He trys not to..
He says sorry for the disruption..
I say that I don't mind...
I'm with God.
I go to recieve the Eucharist.
The person handing it out says
The Body of Christ
I say Amen... I'm ready to recive the Eucharist
I have my hands out..
He sticks it right in my mouth..
A little awkward, but I don't care..
I'm with God.
Brother poking me, saying it's time to go.
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A brief reflection with a whole new section added.
The first half was written about 2 weeks ago, and the latter half today.
I wanted to address two things:
That perfection we cannoy see does not mean it is not there.
That perfection does not always mean "one and immutable."
It's a brief reflection meant to assist you and not meant to be an academic account, though I certainly drew on more academic accounts when thinking of this.
Comments are always welcome; questions likewise.
M
P.S. Still working on the piece on Original Sin.
The first half was written about 2 weeks ago, and the latter half today.
I wanted to address two things:
That perfection we cannoy see does not mean it is not there.
That perfection does not always mean "one and immutable."
It's a brief reflection meant to assist you and not meant to be an academic account, though I certainly drew on more academic accounts when thinking of this.
Comments are always welcome; questions likewise.
M
P.S. Still working on the piece on Original Sin.
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One Jesuit professor here might say, "Whatever exists, exists to be more full and perfect." Of course, he wouldn't quite put it as awkwardly as I have, but say it in flowing and poetic Filipino
I haven't even gotten to second-year philosophy yet, and I'm already learning a little. Thank you for your wonderfully written reflection.
I haven't even gotten to second-year philosophy yet, and I'm already learning a little. Thank you for your wonderfully written reflection.