Religion and Virtues
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Recognition of Purpose and Love These virtues are like echoes of an undying symphony resonating through the chambers of our souls, interconnecting and resounding all the more together. Recognitions of God’s divine love for and purpose in us are not byproducts of the virtues but rather the reverse. These recognitions are the engine and transmission…
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How Spiritual Completion Never Ends What follows forgiveness? What path do we tread as we journey from the seedling of magnanimity to the towering oak of spiritual maturity? The answer is in perseverance through analysis leading to higher levels of analysis and perseverance, so that together with increasing honesty these aspects of reason allow us…
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God Ties All Things The faith of Paulus was not about proving the existence of God but about trusting in His goodness. Such faith is only acquired through prayer, divine discourse, and following the example of Jesus Christ; an internal death of our lower material selves. This is the spiritual practice that forms the foundation…
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A Faith Most Becoming When Paulus spoke of following Christ, he did so with the understanding that this was not just about replicating His actions but embracing His Spirit, of selflessness, compassion, and unwavering faith in God’s goodness. This is the recognition that to follow Christ is to embrace the journey of becoming through humility,…
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Shmolitical Distractions People might ask at this point, without shmolitics, how do we organise and accomplish anything? An organisation is more than a set of rules or procedures; it is the blueprint for how power is harnessed and directed within. Every person who labours for said organisation empowers that structure. This is the skeleton upon…
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Power in Humility, Weakness, and Suffering Consider the words of Jesus: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” (John 14:12). This is not a promise of mere mimicry;…
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How Divine Discourse Transcends Words as Logical Destiny Prayer is a sacred dialogue between the soul and the divine, most importantly in supplication. When Paulus spoke of prayer, he did so with the understanding that it is not about changing God’s mind, or attempting to influence Him or His plan for us, but about aligning…
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Would We Have the Mind of God or Simulacrum? Imagine a world where every idea is a god, and every thought is a prayer. How would such a world look? It would be a place where no one could ever truly believe in anything, for every belief would be an idol: a stone carved from…
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Holy Purpose in Division Paulus said, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). This verse, often misread or oversimplified, is not a call to erase identity but a revelation of the divine order that…
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Forgiveness Necessary in Search of Divine Beauty; Ultimate Psychomenal Activity To grasp the significance of Magnanimity, we must delve into the very essence of our being; our connection to the divine. God’s love isn’t a distant, impersonal force; it’s an intimate, enabling gift that permeates every aspect of our lives, literally the empowerment of our…