Epilogue: The GOD-Centric Process
Theme Song: Still Would Stand All Time - Prince
“But the divine nature is simple, pure, unique, immutable, unalterable, ever abiding in the same way, and never goes outside itself. It is utterly immune to any participation in evil and thus possesses the good without limit, because it can see no boundary to its own perfection, nor see anything that is contrary to itself. When therefore it draws human nature to participate in its perfection, because of the divine transcendence, it must always be superior to our nature in the same degree. The soul grows by its constant participation in that which transcends it; and yet the perfection in which the soul shares remains ever the same, and is always discovered by the soul to be transcendent to the same degree." ~ St. Gregory of Nyssa, Commentary on the Song of Songs
Were you bummed that in the last chapter definitive answers were not provided for the eternal questions of God, humanity, and life? Well, if I had answered them, the questions would not be eternal. We GOD-centric folk live with the paradox that we will likely never know the fullness of God beyond a mystical moment or our increasing yet never complete realization yet we want to understand and love God as much as possible so we keep on trying and transforming. We GOD-centrics have only one doctrine of faith from which we will not budge: God is loving, good, and fair. That one transrational commitment provides the foundation and security that we need as we move forward passionately building a kingdom of love and courageously pursuing truth into a corner. Beyond that one article of faith, we welcome new insights and view other people as an important source of new insight. We remain open to the flow of evolving life and transformation.
The GOD-centric process is to continually expand and deepen our capacities to know God in our hearts, souls, and minds. The more we increase our capacities to understand, the more we can understand. The more we can understand, the greater our capacities to understand. So our process of continual transformation leads to ever increasing capacities and abilities to grow closer to our good and fair God of love. Since we acknowledge that we will never wholly know God, we remain open to new truth rather than concerning ourselves with building walls around the knowledge we think we possess. We have the courage to let go of old patterns and viewpoints, to venture into the unknown, and to develop new ways of being in the world. Please join us as we grow towards our good and fair God of love:
"In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the one who has performed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised."
~ St. Isaac of Syria
