TRUTH
The Truth will set you free.(John.8.v32)
It is"That Which Is", because "That Which Is Not Cannot Be True".The Whole of Truth is The Ultimate Reality which is changeless. It is represented by a circle which is boundless and all encompassing , it includes Infinity, Abstractions and Paradoxes impossible to comprehend, in fact you might say that it has many dimensions and more accurately is be conceived as a multidimensional sphere, yet it is impossible to visualise a sphere of only four dimensions. Taking a sphere of three dimensions imagine that it has innumerable flat surfaces making it appear round. The knowledge we have available to us is only a few of these facets, one comprises that which is metaphysical knowledge and another is sensorial experience supplemented by that accruing from scientific investigation the mysteries of number and abstruse mathematics.The symbol of the circle is to be found wherever there were scholars in the ancient civilisations.
The Totality of Truth is to be found in The Concept of The Monad as The Primal Sourceof All That Exists and even That Which Does Not Exist, But Could Exist, Has Been, and Will Exist .The problem of Consciousness and Individuality centres on the "monad", that part of The Monad which dwells silently in all life-forms. In the human it is located in the centre of the heart, but is not part of space but behind that in the abstraction of a perfect vaccuum. In stories handed down to us there are discernible certain mythical references such as Tom Thumb and Jiminy Cricket of Pinocchio, as the monad is that from which get our conscience.The mutidimensional diagram of the manifest cosmos in its septenate configuration is Jacob's Ladder and Jack's Beanstalk, representing the path of evolution along the multidimensional spiral.
The Totality of BEING can only be vaguely appreciated and for this purpose we have to resort to the Pythagorean Numbers and Shapes, which I have tried to show from time to time as fundamental to any understanding of The Deity Concept as The Be All and End All of Existence.In The Noumenal World proposed Kant, and by Plato as The Ideal World, Everything is There represented as Perfect and Complete in Abstract Potential. Consideration of this idea will show that nothing THERE is discreet of itself but merges into an infinity of concepts.This World of Abstraction exists in the Mind of The Absolute, and IS NOT before there is what we call The Fiat" Create!" This is confusing even to those who have spent a lifetime in the study of Philosophy, so do not be dismayed if it is not readily understood.
Science is involved in unravelling the mysteries of the three-dimensional world. Metaphysical Theory tries to cover the multiple dimensions and the role of consciousness in evolutionary development over successive eternities, and although hopelessly inadequate because of our limitations in linear thought, does a reasonably good job of it in producing a plausible explanation of the working mechanisms of the Cosmos and its Laws. It requires a considerable amount of imagination and a grasp of symbols, it is an intellectual exercise too difficult for most people of advanced years and their long held illusions and beliefs, too uncomfortable to contemplate questioning, which is a pity as the only thing wrong with the world is ignorance. In Truth lies Freedom, freedom from fear and prejudice, or I should say in the"Study of It "as far as we are concerned, seeing things "As through a glass darkly"(Shakespeare).What follows is more of the same talk to some of my contemporaries.
If this class is to be confronted with my version of things, let us clear up the misconceptions of what I prefer to call "The Deity Concept", after the detailed discussion on the book by a theologian who makes amazingly vague and complex what is really very simple, at least simple in terms to those familiar with the ideas of Pythagoras, Leibnitz and Spinoza. By such methods it can be shown how the Deity Concept provides a framework on which the cosmos operates in what is essentially a Manifestation of Law, and any personification of the agencies involved is made by ourselves.These agencies are beings vast and impersonal, the Highest in the Hierarchy exist largely on abstract levels but effect streams of energy on different frequencies to keep things going in a finely tuned fashion for life to exist in many different forms. The hierarchical structure has been described ( ibid), and for those so inclined there are methods to invoke such energy as may deemed desirable for unselfish puposes, this commonly goes under the name of "PRAYER ", which is really a means of transferring energy. Needless to say there are also ways by which the lower aspects of such energy can be misused, the agencies involved being indifferent as to the purpose of the operator, and therein lie the darker aspects of manifestation, black magic and theories of chaos. Finally, returning to the symbol of the circle, it is the Aegis of Zeus, like the circular shield of the Hoplite, and was appropriately chosen by those ancient Greeks as their emblem for the father of the gods.