A civilization of ideas and values

Personal diary entry, April 11, 2007:

Human civilization is a civilization of ideas and values. In each of our existences as part of the human race, we explore a vast myriad of ideas and concepts, and delve deeply into the complex web of interactions with our fellow men and women.

Right now in our world, mothers and fathers are exploring the meaning of raising a family, of commitment and responsibility. Romantic partners are exploring the ideas of love, fidelity, integrity, happiness, and the meaning of a shared destiny. All over the world, common men and women are exploring the ideas of human dignity, work, the struggle for achievement and recognition, morality, the meaning of wealth and freedom. Politicians are exploring the concepts of nation building, leadership, idealism versus realism, sacrifice, nobility, corruption, exploitation, slavery, violence, the meaning of democracy, individual and collective rights, peace and justice.

Human civilization studies these deeply profound ideas and issues and is embarking on an adventurous exploration of its psyche and its place in the universe. What is the individual’s role in human civilization? How does each of us contribute to this grand, cosmic undertaking, and what do we gain in return for our commitment and participation in this project?

Life is a process of actualization

Personal Diary entry, November 08, 2007:

We are first and foremost purveyors of sensation and experience. We must live our lives with a certain intensity. In that larger context there is no right and wrong, although there are lessons for the personality. In even larger terms, all lessons are already known to other aspects of the psyche. The entity seeks to realize itself in as many myriad forms as possible, to express its own subjective potentials to the furthest extent possible. Life is a process of actualization of the soul in flesh.

The issues of good and bad and the questions of life's tragedies cannot be answered in the context that they are asked.

the contract of marriage

From my personal diary, Monday, June 25, 2007:

From "The Sacred Script of Covenant": The marriage of soul and flesh is an ancient contract, to be honoured.

Now I realize that the contract of marriage between a man and a woman is a symbol for the ancient contract of the marriage of soul and flesh, wherein new offspring will be created that will continue both contracts, and replenish the Earth.