Reverence
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I recently finished Energized Enthusiasm and one thing in particular that has stuck with me after reading it is the attitude of reverence put forth in the text.
Two attitudes I have consistently encountered throughout my life are those of a "lowly human being," who could never even come close to perceiving the slightest glimmer of holiness from an Infinite God, and that of personal identification with the deity worshiped. As for myself, I've always found the former more resonant with my Christian upbringing; "All is vanity."
Even so, here I am, in my body, a veritable "Temple of the Holy Ghost."
This virtue of reverence seems to me to place more emphasis on relationship than logical apprehension. Even the Prophet of Ecclesiastes was dismissive of his own revelations in favor of One Living God. I'm wondering if anyone would agree with this.
Love is the law, love under will.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
@Zalthos said
"As for myself, I've always found the former more resonant with my Christian upbringing; "All is vanity.""
Yep. Coming from a similar background, I've enountered the same "challenge". The adjustments involved in one's Path coming away from a Judeo-Christian background usually involve learning to feel more "worthy". There is something definitely problematic when it comes to "bending the knee" to a gaseous vertebrate that we've invented...
@Zalthos said
"This virtue of reverence seems to me to place more emphasis on relationship than logical apprehension. Even the Prophet of Ecclesiastes was dismissive of his own revelations in favor of One Living God. I'm wondering if anyone would agree with this."
Absolutely. The 'virtue of reverence' is a relationship! It involves aspects of Bhakti Yoga and exalting the psychophysiology to identify harmoniously with the deity worshiped...or 'personal identification' as you've put it:
Since truth is supra-rational, it is incommunicable in the language of reason. -- Postcards to Probationers
To me, logical apprehension falls into "the language of reason".
Love is the law, love under will.