No matter how often I turn the question over in my mind, I cannot entertain for even a moment that the Good is impotent. It must be mighty. But it is not mighty as this or that mighty thing is mighty. The Good must be Might Itself.
Thus, as Plato said, the Good is beyond even Being. It is that which brings all things into being, and it is that which orders them so that together they might achieve both their and the world's good.
God and the Good are one. For the philosopher, Good is the first of His names. His other names are subordinate to "Good".
For the mystic, the first of His names is Beloved. But the day will come when we will behold Him in the clear noonday sun, and on that day, heart and mind will together call Him by a single name. We do not yet know that name. We know it only refracted, so that its unity appears to us as the duality of Good and Beloved.
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I know this doesn't belong here, but I don't know where else to put it. I really don't like the new look of the blog. I liked the black and white better. It was easier to read.
Fixed.
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