PhilPro 1

 

Prayer to God

O my Lord Jesus Christ, I thank You from the depths of my heart for the grace that You have given me, first, liberation from sin and from Satan, and now, the grace to write philosophy and share these thoughts to others. Give me the grace that I need so I can maintain this philosophy project, in joy and in sorrow. If I ever fall from this project, give me the grace to return to it and to remain loyal to this project. O my God, I ask of You finally, so I may dedicate all of this work only for Your Glory and Honor. Please accept this humble and small work my God, so You may transform it into an enlightening grace, for me and for all those who read and watch this work. Thank You my God, Lord Jesus Christ, I love You, amen.

Opening Writing

It is the Ignasian Tradition to write down about nothing. However, as soon as God enlightens me on the most immediate object to be grasped, I switch over from nothing and write down that.

Tradition

The word Tradition comes from the Latin word “Tradere”, which means to deliver. Therefore, the word Tradition in the sense of this work shall be distinguished from the normal usage of tradition as mere habit. Instead, the word Tradition means “Something which is transmitted or delivered”. Of course, the content of that transmission can be anything. So from this we may identify 2 Traditions which inhabit the earth, that is the Tradition of God and the Tradition of Evil. They both compete with each other, but we know by faith that no matter how dark things get, the Tradition of God shall prosper and triumph over the Tradition of Evil.

Introduction to the Project

I have said this many times, but the Philosophical Project is a revival of ancient projects in my life. As such, it is only my prayer and hope to God that He shall this time sustain and maintain this Project. The problem previously is that I keep all my work to myself in the fear of not being perfect. Yet it takes my slow brain a long time to understand that the work is perfected when transmitted to others. That is the essence of Tradition, that is a work is perfected because it is delivered to others and others can improve the work and thus the Tradition becomes alive. Yet the Tradition is not completely malleable such that the essence can be changed. Instead, if any Tradition is of God, then what is of God shall be perfected and be maintained until the end of times. So we stand on the balance between complete staticity and complete dynamicity, both extremes belong to Satan.

This Project is under the hope in God, that is I hope that God guides this Project to the very end. Here I receive from my predecessors through various sources and I attempt to contribute to this Tradition and pass it down to everyone else and to the next generations. Eventually, the Ultimate Source is God. Yet I do not guarantee for I have no certainty that all of my thoughts are of God. For that reason, I rely on everyone else to correct myself and perfect that Tradition which lives on through all of us.

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