Faith, reason, madness. what is what?
Introduction
The Apostle Paul, in all my readings of historical exegesis, and documentation, was the most well boundaried up individual in history, except Christ Himself, whom had divine boundaries at all levels of existence, including the existential, spiritual, ontological, metaphysical, transcendent, etc. This means, that regardless of the bad around him, the Apostle Paul was able to keep the bad out, not apostasy (which is what bad boundaries causes), and keep the joy, life, and light of Christ in. His social boundaries were excellent, at many levels, and he was able to maneuver otherwise destructive relationships in a solid a fortiori (linear, stronger, and better progressions) manner. This allowed him to progress solidly in God's Will, and embody it in otherwise dismal situations. Here is a short essay on the nature of the Apostle Paul's boundaries, and how we may apply them directly in our individual lives as Christians, and more importantly, as creatures of God made in His image, as human beings. The Three Most Important Virtues as Ultimate Boundaries One might commit a reductio ad absurdum and conclude that the Apostle Paul was so successful because of being a strong man, or maybe having a potent drive, or even, by having a giant support network, but the opposite was more true, in all of those cases, in that, his drive was weak, and constantly was asking for the Lord to nourish him and carry him forward, most individuals began to persecute him or become a constant and stubborn under miner of his responsibilities, and he had little to no support except with specific families or Christians who would help him, allowing for a true and faithful individualism to be possible. The Holy Spirit, while managing the Apostle Paul's situation and ensuring that it was the Father's Will be carried out by the Apostle Paul, gave the Apostle Paul three tools which would ensure that he would not be defeated, by the world, and they are the three most important virtues, as outlined in a letter Paul wrote to the Corinth's. The bottom three paragraphs shall describe why these boundaries, are the most important, and how they may carry one to do the Will of God, in all places and in all situations. Humility as Ultimate Boundary Humility is an act of the being, to be nothing, or rather, to make oneself low, and under others, and most importantly, "under God." It comes by a fundamental transaction of the individual between the Holy Spirit, to become a disciple of Christ, or in secular culture, to be a "good moral individual." Christhood allows for transcendent human-hood to be present and existentially possible, while, secular humanism leaves one feeling jaded and bitter, if not eventually absolutely burnt out. If one is not able to humble oneself, and put themself lower than others, and lower than God, much lower than God, then one will not able to be able to even acknowledge their concrete existence, but will forever look aloofly onwards towards ones own fulfillment of their false godhood. The ability to become humble before others and before God, and to place oneself below others and before God, is by far the most important lesson of man, without which, man cannot live as a man-before-God, but will attempt to self-aggrandize, and see life as a means to attain godhood, and self-worship. This reeks of the American middle class, dream, that is to say, the whole culture of individuals whom I resentfully associate with, in order to work and achieve the benign and sometimes seemingly far fruit of salvation, and it can lead to the destruction of others and oneself, if one does not (a) humbly rebuke others for their sins, one of which may be "not being too humble," and (b) humble oneself before others and God, and actually consider oneself as nothing, and thus quite easily "infinitely below them." If these are not accomplished, the community will eventually, if not immediately, destroy itself out of pride, a need for power, and delusions of grandiosity. Faith as Ultimate Boundary Faith is an act of the will to be before God. It requires a "fundamental fiduciam," that is to say a fundamental trust in Christ to be able to be able to will oneself to be before the Lord. Faith in Kierkegaardian exegesis, simply meant, "before God." The "being-before-God," alone allows for this ability to be nourished by Him alone, allowing for not mere superficial strength to be present, but comprehensive strength of the fullness of divinely supplicated human-hood. Once one is truly before God, out of a heart of true faith, then they are truly before God, and not before mere men, of the world, but see other men as responsibilities, and relationships in which one must manage responsibility. This alone, allows for a form of "ultimate boundary," to be present, as one is now in the presence of God, and thus making the relationship with man secondary, an almost foolish contrivance if not managed responsibly, and worthy of being shunned, if there is no responsible fruit in a relationship with another individual. Love as Ultimate Boundary Love believes all things, and is never fooled. Where knowledge puffs one up and makes them arrogant and unavailable for the edification of others, love provides the humility which allows knowledge to be asserted properly. Without this love, there is a closeness, to evil, in which one is not able to reconcile very well with the Spirit of Truth in conversation or in behavior, let alone God-centered goals. It distracts oneself from perusing the Will of God, in relationships, and leaves open doors to exploitation, and violent behavior of others. However, if this love is present, it acts as a boundary which almost absorbs the wickedness and evil of others, that they themselves may only approach you in either a similar self-sacrificial spirit, or run the risk of exposing their true motives in the light of Christ, which is the one domain, all evil flees from, which is why it is so potent, for all evil quivers at the thought of such a domain as that of the light of Christ. Hope as Ultimate Boundary The last three boundaries, were boundaries of the being, will, and of heart, but this last boundary, of the non-abstract realm, is a boundary of action. Where hope is present, action is taking place, and if there is Godly hope, then godly action is taking place. Without hope there can be no building of the Kingdom, but an infinitely regressing into a priori state of being, where one cannot manage their sins responsibly, and will probably eventually become victimized or even worse, a godless vegetable. Hope moves one past situations, which would otherwise cause one to become bitter, stagnant, impotent, or even worse, prone to undermined in faith by the evil behaviors of other individuals. There is often a great fear to hope, in those whom have been hopeless long enough, and this is usually out of a form of lazy indifference towards Godly work, or because the level of godlessness or evil has drained one of the Spirit of Sanctification which keeps one progressing in knowledge of God's Word and Will, and most importantly Work. This boundary will keep one moving forwards in otherwise destructive behaviors of the (a) self, indulging itself in temptation and sin, and thereby becoming discouraged, or (b) others, by them gratifying their need for power and destroying the sanctity of the Godly individual by behaving post-humously in an evil manner without remorse, inhibiting one to "seek the Kingdom," (the Pharisees modus operandi), and (c) destructive community which purports wicked values, evil, sin, wicked and detestable spirits unto others (whom will be met with the wrath of God very soon), and will thus allow one a certain a fortiori action away from sociological and interpersonal sins, which would otherwise set one against God, or drag ones Spirit away from the Kingdom of God, or seeking it. These four boundaries are the a priori abstract boundaries, in that, one need snot have abstract knowledge to be present in order that they have them internalized and actively maintained and regulated. Truth as Ultimate Boundary While the other boundaries were boundaries of life apart from abstract knowledge, this last boundary is a boundary which requires the actualization and rote-utilization of synthetically derived, true knowledge. If one is appropriating true knowledge into a situation, it provides them with a mental and socio-syntactical boundary which may prevent one from internalizing deceitful words, or acting of satanic cues. It allows them to keep the internal world pure, clean, and Holy. The knowledge of the truth, protects one from feeling insane, as many satanists, whether in the Church as Pharisees, or out of the Church as unstable crazy makers unfortunately are. When one has the knowledge of the truth actively internalized, regulated, and actualized, and ready to use in order to unsheathe the sword of truth, it allows one a divisive protection from all forms of evil, whether spiritual, social, cognitive, psychological, or relational. This last boundary is the most important one to pursue, as without it, all the other boundaries are at risk for a severe violent collapse and compromise. It the modern Western sphere of life, and probably all other sin the godless world at the moment, it can only be maintained in either responsible and Orthodox Christian Community, or in the "Sanctorum Singulis," where one is able to structure their life to achieve true Godly Holiness. Fighting for Joy as the Boundary Re-Enforcement Fighting for joy, implies a form of integrity, not a sadism that undermines other for the sake of undermining. This is an aggressive boundary, as opposed to all the other boundaries which forms of defensive godliness. It allows for an averse anger to be present towards other in situations, where one may actually behave in a loving an aggressive manner, in order to preserve joy in oneself. This is a commandment of God, not a social value. Submissivity, can only lead to death, thus, in order to preserve oneself in the boundaries of true godliness, one may even be openly hostile to those who would otherwise inhibit your joy, or manipulatively control you, or alter your perception of events in order to create a situation where you cannot attain joy, nor will your self to be before the presence of God. This is where modern Christian boundary setting may come in, as they assert that we must go through the boundaries of being (though these are sterile boundaries and not God-centered boundaries), and they say that the worst state of boundaries is submissivity, a little better one is hostility, a more hopeful one is aggresivity, and the best is assertivity (within the bounds of secularism maybe). These are a sterile prelude to being able to "fight for joy," and are very weak boundaries in of themself, but may be integrated in this paragraph in order to give a short teleological progression of stages of boundaries towards others, that one may accurately "fight for joy." alone, they are futile and godless, and will probably lead one into the abyss of godlessness, and must be wisely integrated with the other boundaries aforementioned. Doing the Will of God All of the above boundaries allow for the fulfillment of God's plan for the individual to interact with creation, in that one is working responsibly with the above boundaries in an assertive and responsible manners towards both the Church, the State, Institution, the world, and the Kingdom of Heaven. The interlocution of the integration of all these responsibilities, into one conic actualization, and the integrative existential-authoritative-situational a fortiori progression of responsible, self-death esque type of work, allow one to actualize the Will of God, and execute it. Thanks be to God! Without the Holy Spirits, Christ, or the Father, none of this is possible! Spiritual Kindness Being spiritually self-sacrificial is the ultimate form of self-sacrificiality. It may only come after one has confidence in the Spirit of God, to be ones water of life, in Jesus Christ, the historical one. When one is spiritually kind, it allows them to take care of others spiritually, and allow them the ultimate form of divine love in Jesus, which is the love of His Spirit, covering the sins of all, and especially those one may love with this form of spiritual love, instigated by the Spirit of Christ and of God. It is a sign of the completion of spiritual boundaries and of all Godly boundaries, completing the ability for one to have not a destructive and false "form of godliness," that those whom have internalized the "image of the beast," have, but allow one to maintain true Godliness. It allows one to live by the Spirit, as the Apostle Paul recommended that we do, or rather commanded. A Strong Social Integrity He never dehumanized others, destroyed them theologically, devalued them, humiliated them sadistically, as the modern species of females might, in the college spectrum, but rather, always held himself to God's Will socially, amidst pain and suffering for the Cross of Christ, and used statements like "I would like," in manner to rebuke, de-root other individuals evil behavior patterns, and using the "If you do not do this, then I will do this," esque type of boundary statements. Conforming oneself to the Will of God, in conversation, is one of the most difficult things to do, especially if one is a priori, Orthodox Christian Community, and even if one is a posteriori, Orthodox Christian community, if one is out of that community, temptation, lustfulness, or whoredom, and other acts of the being-towards-satan, can inhibit ones ability to either (a) remember how to conform to the Will and Word of God in community, or (b) cause one to declinate from the Word of God in community. The Apostle Paul always sought solitude, in order to mediate on the Word and Will of God, before going into community, because satan is usually there, and he knew that the only way to even stand a chance against satan in community, was to do such, and "put on the Armour of God," before going into such dismal situations, which when he did, he fought like a saint. Assertions from Appraisals When one begins to learn how "appraise all things, and not be appraised by anyone," their very means of communication either suffers for a period of time, until they may learn how to describe things in a spiritual and responsible mode of speech for their edification, or gains great social strength a fortiori, until they reach the spiritual maxim of being able to learn rapidly, from all matters of life. The "it seems," statements, are always a great sign of not merely an intellectual recollection and awakening, but of an ever growing a fortiori spiritual awakening. The social-syntax structure of managing relationships in a manner in which one may retain their spirituality with good boundaries in the Will of God, usually performs socially in a series of "it seems," syntax structures, which prelude some otherwise ostracized reasoning, usually allowing others to reach a higher psycho-cognitive-spiritual status or state. When one appraises something, they internalize an apprehension in a concrete and mathematical apprehension-to-subject-matter, manner. This allows one to directly internalizes a cognitively "chew," on a particular thing, whether spiritual, empirical, or anywhere in between such as ideological structure, or belief systems. Therefore, all "it seems" statements can only bring grace into the conversation, whether common or divine, and allow a certain form of protection from undermining, as usually it seems statements, and their explicit cognitive states, whether formal or substantive (to borrow from Chomkies syntax-reality theories). Plus, it increases ones maturity level, with each use, and puts one at ease in conversation, and often times lower the social anxiety levels of others, as these statements are really only articulated out a mouth of one whom is self-sacrificial and therefore loving towards other individuals. Comments are closed.
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