God Will Rejoice Over You
The idea of Joy in another and God’s joy in us gave me joy today. God has joy in our joy. We have joy in the service of fellowship and to others. There is value and truth in our experiencing joy.
Aristotle – Three functions of the Soul; Sense, Intellect, and Appetition
Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics – There are in the Soul three functions on which depend moral action and truth; Sense, Intellect, Appetition, whether vague Desire or definite Will.
Should We Desire Eureka/Aha? The Pursuit of Eureka!/Aha!
Does Eureka!/Aha! keep us from living living? No, a Eureka!/Aha! moment does not move us from living. Rather a Eureka!/Aha! moment results from participation with life.
Plato – Allegory of the Cave: The Republic Book VII
BOOK VII. And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold! human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks […]
Love Discovers Truths About Individuals That Others Cannot See
Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all.
What I Must Do – Not What I Must Know – Kierkegaard
Seeing what the Deity really wants me to do; the thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.