18/05/2021
'On Faith and Reason': Wisdom’s Precepts: Kindled Fire and the Love Within.
In power, we examine the connection between Science, Arts and Spirituality.
We desire to dwell secure in the nest of Wisdom’s spiritual and material well-being as we contemplate the love within. At issue in this piece is the place of material well-being in the locus of Wisdom’s precepts and healing.
All things are essentially conflicted except One(1).
We are attempting to disentangle the ‘stone from the sling’. It is a matter of priority. The foundation of an enduring system or action is in supporting doctrine and belief.
Wisdom’s foundation and infrastructures are indispensable to peace. The warming ember of peace is kindled by justice. In the political space, measuring lines of injustice are rationalized as shortages of means; - the relentless material (roof) failure on rainy days.
With Wisdom, truth is established in Originality, and error may be immediately discerned. In this way, Wisdom acts as guide and guard. One should not go fishing without the bait.
All things are Wisdom-ordained.There is infinite depth of logic in the arrangement of things as they are;-regardless of whether we understand the permutations and/or combinations.
The mariner’s hail is heard because the winds are favorable. In mathematical terms, Wisdom has taken care of the error in the infinite summation. Wisdom’s counsel of the flock and especially the young is the leash that leads to green pastures. All that is required is to follow Wisdom’s tracks. We reach for the shepherd’s camp of understanding.
As illustration of our thesis, we dare to borrow knowledge from the book of Maccabees. The author (of Maccabees) draws attention to purpose and method; - the foundation of science itself: ‘the architect of a new house must give his attention to the whole structure’ (2 Maccabees 2: 29).
The professions are established by Wisdom. Yet relying on Truth, Wisdom intimates that the doctor has his or her Wisdom from the Maker (origin, creator etc.) who makes the earth to yield healing herbs, endows men and women with knowledge;- a gift to the doctors to ease pain and the pharmacist to prepare medicine (Sirach 38:6-7).
It is implausible to kindle a fire and then choose to walk by another light!
The foundation is the strong base upon which the doorjambs are secured.Wisdom is reflected in every heart according to resonance. A word might mean something different to hearers depending on the conditions of the hearts, minds and souls. There is a need for a firm reference point. This helps to determine how far off or how near to the truth we are.
Using the analogy of parallelism, Adam Smith (capitalist persuasion), in his theory of moral sentiments connected self-interest with virtue. The free market-he argued-can promote responsibility, ability, self-control etc., and may be used to harness virtue and serve the indigent or poor. Smith argued that religion is an expression of the need for justice in the material world (Muller: 1993). Smith’s position was thus established. Deviations therefrom are identifiable and recognized.For our present purpose, we are moving in the direction of Peace as anchor with rectitude and justice as norms.
Quite simply, the way the Storyteller explained the difference between faith and reason to me was that although they will ultimately lead to truth, faith will get you to the truth certainly and faster. The operative words are 'ultimately' 'certainly'.There are so many uncertainties in the way of valid reason to truth.
Frankly, all assumptions will have to be correct for logic alone to lead to truth. The logician will also need to have all the information necessary for correct or exact decision-making. Hence, the error factor in the math infinite summation ( Σ=sigma).