Mastery and True Power

The final domain of Resurrexit Spiritus is Logos, where all things converge to bring about self-mastery and the only real power deemed worthy of mortal man’s purpose in empowering others. This stage is not directly alluded to in terms of the prodigal son’s development, however it is plain in the culmination of interactions with his father. Logos here is in the very construction of the allegory. Most people would not do what the father did, yet the father turned out to be correct in his actions, vindicated in his judgement. This is the domain where the father lives his life in obedience to God. The son too will eventually devote his life just as the father did. In fact, it was a spark within the Logos domain at his lowest point which completely reassembled Kratos (rules) and Telos (purposes/goals) for him and enabled him to return to his father.

Logos domain contains the dialectic but cannot be defined by it, for the domain merely comes into first view for humans from this perspective: in the form of God’s Laws. Being reasonable internally can at first makes us stubborn and somewhat unwieldy, but eventually it leads to a realistically humble view of human knowledge, logic, and will; the conclusion of all reason is in the final virtue of Willpower, which is a basic denial of power in human will. We get a touch of wisdom and then figure we are masters of our own domains, but if we keep on in that wisdom, we learn the true source of power and the depths of our ignorance. Essentially we know nothing, and there is always more to learn, so therefore the virtues of Excellence and beyond up to that Willpower within Logos domain have everything to do with this process of discovering our frailty.

The most defining aspect across the Logos domain is in its growing necessity for ceaseless self-correction, and ceaseless prayer. Many excellent and honest people get stuck somewhere along this path just past Excellence though, which is partly due to the apparent replications in the patterns of the proceeding virtues and how much is required to shift for the lower domains in accepted/rejected rules, as well as our purposes. The answer is in the dialectic and inquisition of self. If we are not willing to advance further than we have already with these virtues, it will never occur. If we do not ask the questions and we are not focused upon the right things, we cannot even see the answers when they are granted to us.

At first this may seem somewhat contradictory with the term “Willpower” meaning something else in the usual parlance. This ostensible contradiction would be true unless we fully play out the meaning of human will and its complete lack of any actual power, due in large part to the above mentioned lack of knowledge, and limitations in basic knowledge abilities (perception etc). We do not know even the categories of the things what we do not know, but we do know we were not meant to know all things based on our own categorical limitations, and we must thank God, as this would be an end to all human purpose.

Loyalty, Excellence, and Patience are most important here, guiding us toward the empowerment of others and a life of real purpose. The prodigal son’s final act is embracing his role as a servant in his father’s domain. Beyond Patience, which stems mostly from the realisation of the full cost in Excellence development, there is Conservation, the most fatherly of virtues. The son’s father knew the thing more worthy of Conservation was never the inheritance money. He demonstrates great propriety in so readily welcoming his son back. Indeed it was unfortunate that the son lost so much, but he gained that much more and so did his father in the return. The greatest act of will is to choose humility over pride, service over selfishness, and love over resentment. The structural virtues system, with its twelve virtues and their corresponding sins, is a map most especially for this final domain which encapsulates all experience.

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