/lit/ - Literature

>>22635808
cradle Orthodox.
never wavered like Westoids grasping at shadows for meaning and substance.

>>16051735
>Exchange God for Tao in this context.
Yeah, it's compatible.

The point being that one on its own, it's sufficient. Neither is two; even among the Yin and Yang. You need a bridge, a third. A mechanism of interaction for completeness of form; else you're stuck in the status of the 1, or the illusion of the duality of 2.
Not much different than say having a mind (Father), body (Son), and soul (Holy Spirit) to be ontological complete as a self-identity.

It's a pattern of reality and our created universe and this pattern can be traced back to a divine "building block". Otherwise, nothing moves or changes or is even created in the first place.

Same as saying you need 3 points to create a perfect sphere; 1 is just a point, 2 could lead to arbitrary/imperfect ellipses.
With 3, you can build complex the complex and coherent geometry we know as reality.

I know it sounds kinda heady and weird, but it makes more sense looking at this from different angles other than the mere theological.

oh and
>If your suggesting that our prayers are like God's inner monologue I'm not going to necessarily disagree. What does that have to do with the divinity of a created being? Idk
I'm just illustrating the ability for God to communicate with Himself. Why does this mechanism exist and why is it inherited in man? If it were just One, then self-communication would be impossible. Just like with myself, I am communicating to something non-one schema internally; with the aim of some sort of growth or progression; whether I'm in a state of joy or suffering or confusion etc.
So even though I appear as a holistic one, I'm more complex than that as I recognize an inner dialogue, a self beyond the one, and a mechanism to communicate with that other self (i.e. inner monologue, prayer, etc.).

>>16037364
>>16037377
Work within the framework of the Christian Theology; expand it to divinitize and incorporate it into a coherent Christ-like framework.
That's how the early Church was able to make saints of pagan gods and turn the philosophers into proto-theologians seeking the Truth.

>>15757965
Same feels.
You're welcome ;)

>>15733132
>Redpill me on Orthodox Christianity.
It's True; the most correct religion.
>What is the best Orthodox literature?
The Way of the Pilgrim for beginners.
Christ the Eternal Tao for meddlers.
Philokalia for the more spiritually advanced.
>I am seeking to convert.
Find an Orthodox parish in your area and speak with the priest; I'm sure he'll be more than happy to start you on your journey.

>>14647314
Don't know, but I thought this book was pretty cool.

>>13585272
Not buddhism but close enough.
An interesting read.

>>10598762
Speaking of correlatory Paths...