By Dan Corjescu
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Logos is Life
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Logos is the argument of the universe; its divine message to Man.
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Logos is not speech; although God is talking
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Logos is not Reason, although God is thinking
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Logos is the evolution of materiality itself culminating first as Life and then as self-reflecting Life able to ask a question of it
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Logos is the divine decision to let it be
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What does it mean when God hath said: let it be? That what is, is holy. A gift.
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It is no accident then that the Creation was not created all at once but in steps. The last step being the creation of a creature who seeks to know and thereby falls
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Yet Man’s Fall was only temporary. For Logos contains within it the secret of the return
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What is this secret? That the purpose of materiality is Life and its flourishing
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Man, like the animals, although surrounded by life; did not, at first, understand its divine meaning
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Logos is Life. And as life first began in pools of water spreading through the seas and then onto the land and through the air; so, too, came Man to insure its continuance and eventual spread beyond this planet and into the stars
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If Logos is the step-wise argument of life, then our task as a species is clear: protect life make it flourish
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What then is sin? Those thoughts and deeds which diminish the vitality of life
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Logos does not ask Man to suffer or to sacrifice or to deny his material self needlessly. Rather, Logos asks of us to do these things if and when they will further the flourishing of Life
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Man must come to Eden twice. The first time unknowingly. The second time with knowledge and with belief
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My brothers and sisters a great faith calls to you: serve Life, serve God
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She is beautiful. He is beautiful. But nothing is as beautiful as Life
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A little girl once came to me in tears. Her beloved dog had died. We sat down together and I said to her: Do you see these flowers in front of us? Where did they come from? From the ground she said. And before that? I asked. I do not know she said. But surely they somehow were there; they could not have simply emerged from nothing? She smiled and said: yes, perhaps that’s true. And when they fall back into the ground have they disappeared? I don’t know she said. No, they have not gone I said they have only returned to where they were before you first saw them. And my dog? she asked. He, too, has returned to his origins and waits for you to join him there as well. And then? she asked. And then you two shall begin a new journey together; forever changing form forever playing wonderful new games. The little girl got up and hugged me.
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As ancient forests from time to time require a fire; so, too, does Man today need a new faith
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It has been said: thou shalt not kill. Now it must be said: thou shalt spread and strengthen life
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It has been said: thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Now it must be said: thou shalt plant the tree of Life together
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It has been said: thou shalt submit to God. Now it must be said: thou shalt be the champion of Life
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The greatest passion is a steady and quiet one: serving Life
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When you have understood that Life is both the question and the answer; you will have understood all
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Do not treat sex without reverence for it is the divine path of life
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It is not important how or with whom you have sex; what is important is how much meaning you bring to the act
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Strive for sex to be a deep expression of love and you will find happiness. The opposite will only bring misery
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The body can be a prison. The mind can be a prison. Yet, serve Life, and you will always be free
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Do not listen to the noise of greed, power, and corruption. Look up at the sun and believe
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It has been created. What more do you wish of God?
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The philosophers have focused on reason. The ancient religions on love and charity and submission. We focus on Life Itself as the divine key
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You are: no more beautiful words of love have ever been spoken
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Place your hands in the waters. Run your fingers through the grass. Bury your legs in the sands. Truly, now, have you touched God.
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Logos was made flesh: it is the open hand of God
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Fear not your enemies. They cannot escape existence
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Logos is Life. It is the fundamental logic of our lived situation
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Feed Life; starve Death
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Before you act and with every thought ask: how does this further Life?
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Creation is vast and intricate and so too shall be your joy in serving it
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There is only Creation; destruction is illusion
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The greatest leaders think in terms of forests and not needless conquests and other vain glories
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Respect and tend the Earth and she shall give
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Know the Earth; love her
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Our planet has had life upon it for four billion years: what greater monument? What greater patrimony?
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All knowledge should serve Life
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The mystic is he or she who has touched Life at its mysterious source
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Beware the Artists of Death for they shall lead you astray and destroy you
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Once you have thoroughly understood the sacredness of life; you will have found God in every flower and in every forest and in every drop of water
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The mystery of Logos: the meaning and purpose of life is life itself. All Joy lies in accepting this
Dan Corjescu teaches at the University of Tübingen’s “Studium Professionale” Program
16 February 2025
Source: countercurrents.org