(09-09-2016, 06:23 PM)anagogy Wrote:(09-09-2016, 03:11 PM)Night Owl Wrote: I would add beauty to the list. Not only individual beauty but the beauty that is to be found in everything that is.
Also so far I notice these 3 things:
1- it took 23 answers before love is mentioned even if it is at the core of all things
Well, everything is a distortion of love so really everyone is talking about love. In truth we can't really neatly divide all these qualities like we are pretending to do. Love is somehow connected to freedom, which is somehow connected to joy, which is somehow connected with intelligence, and so on etc. All infinite facets of the same fundamental somethingness.
(09-09-2016, 03:11 PM)Night Owl Wrote: 2- Is any of these worth without the others? It seems like proof to me that each creator even though having a sense of desire for unity is proud to experience seperation in order to explore each values that are most important to them.
Separation allows white light to appreciate the colors of its beingness in their unfolded glory. Sort of like your hand balled into a fist, you can't really see the individual fingers, but if you open your hand, each finger is displayed in their individuality. Or like a flower unfolding its petals, and each petal is different and unique. Separation has its value, and limitations focus and empower creativity.
(09-09-2016, 03:11 PM)Night Owl Wrote: 3- The creator has a tendancy toward the positive spectrum of values. Or maybe that is bring4th. What would you think are the values of a completely opposite forum where people would all be STS?
The creator, and ourselves, extend from unity, so naturally the predominance of values would tend to mostly reflect that base from which all existence springs.
STS would value: power, cunning, and beauty (among other things).
I agree they all are love. Is it possible they in fact each contain each other? In the case of joy you mentioned that without it infinity would be pointless. What if even when it appears otherwise there is still joy in every moment but instead of being constant it's only being spread differently across time by different people meaning some people prefer that joy be their constant while others saccrifice a bit of joy at times in order to reach love differently but then joy gets condensed into smaller peaks of intense joy.
edit: What made me think about this is music. I often find contrasts to be the most effective at generating emotions. I can enjoy a song with sections without any joy if at some point tension find it's resolution point which makes that joy reach a peak which cannot be reached without it.