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Divisionism or How The Word Becomes Flesh
Divisionism or How The Word Becomes Flesh
Take the Logon magazine as an example. Actually, we could use several other
examples to illustrate this idea, such as some websites, a couple of other magazines
or even social media, but Logon seems very suitable for our purposes.
One may wonder if Logon actually has a specific purpose in its activity. We can
assume that many people do find texts within it that are to some extent, interesting.
It is also true that it contains texts that the average reader may find difficult to
understand. Their subjects are so diverse or abstract, that it is not easy to grasp any
clear or obvious general key message. So, does it all make any deeper sense?
So, if we look closely at the works painted with this method, we see basically only a
chaotic collection of multi-colored ‘spots’. It is only by observing these works from a
distance that we can perceive the intended image more clearly. So, let us now treat
Logon as such an image, and look at it from different perspectives.
How should we choose the correct distance? Firstly, let us imagine that each article is
only one spot in a colorful composition that is being created. At the beginning, it is
still unclear what its final shape will be, and some ‘spots’ may appear unsuccessful, or
to not possess nice colors. Others may not appear to match or fit into the composition.
What could this composition, created by Logon, be? Is it not just a random collection
of personal impressions, ideas, and information that have just popped into someone's
mind? Of course, but that does not mean that something meaningful does not arise in
this way So, let us try to find some sense in this.
How can we be certain that there actually are messages being transmitted to us at
all? It seems that people have always sensed the existence of certain impulses
directing the functioning of the world. We know these by names such as ‘Word of
God’, ‘Fate’, ‘Providence’, ‘Destiny’, the ‘Plan of the Logos’. They are also sometimes
referred to as ‘blind chance’, the ‘calculus of probability’, the ‘laws of physics’, the
‘principle of natural selection’ or ‘evolution’.
Modern experts in information theory and geneticists tend to believe that the amount
of information contained in genetic structures that has been identified so far, is still
not sufficient to encode the entire complexity of living organisms. But there are also
huge ranges of emotional and mental experiences which are not confined to humans
only. So, it is logical that there must be another source of information that influences
the development and sustainability of life on earth. Genes for instance, can be viewed
as elements of a material manifestation of that source; as the way in which ‘the Word
becomes flesh’.
From birth, all humans are invited to collaborate with these impulses, known as
Gnosis, which in essence means the cognition of the right knowledge. Part of this
knowledge reaches us in various ways: through contact and communication with other
people, viewing films, reading books or articles in Logon for instance. But it can also
come to us from within ourselves, in the form of insight, intuition, inspiration, etc., that
seem to appear just when we are ready to receive them. People perceive this inner
knowledge in different ways, and react to it according to their own state of life – on
different levels as it were.
Is there a correct way to respond to such impulses? Yes, but it can be different for
each of us, as it depends on the exact nature of information that should take shape in
us by obtaining more solid mental and emotional forms. Because it is in us that this
information - the Word - becomes flesh, taking on more real, perceptible shapes. It can
be expressed through various types of art, scientific discoveries or even in the form of
physical activity. For instance, in keeping with their own tradition, many tribes of
indigenous peoples of Australia wandered periodically along strictly designated
routes. In this way they expressed their deep contact with these impulses, embodying
them, that is, making them real for themselves and others.
But let us return to Logon, and view it from a more objective position, as if from a
greater distance. Because the ‘spots’ themselves, even all together and perfectly
composed, do not yet create an image. What is required for is a mind that looks at the
entire composition and can produce the intended impression. This effect is not just a
collection of the perceptions of single articles and their inter-relationships, but a wider,
more complex and deeper impression, full of vibrancy and luminosity – as is the case
when we apply the technique of divisionism.
This observing mind is created by all of the readers of the articles. Each reader
contributes to the creation of the appropriate image in a very individual way. The
impact of this image on people, felt intuitively by many, increases with each new
‘spot’ and with each new added perception of the already existing ‘spots’. It will affect
humanity as a whole, changing the nature of our world, as has happened many times
throughout history.
It will also affect individuals, motivating them inwardly to seek the Truth, and
increasing their level of understanding of what is happening around them. Thus,
through people, the Word becomes flesh and dwells among them. We can see Its
glory in as much as our ability to perceive the knowledge It carries, allows. This ability
depends on the degree to which our mental faculty is free from personal, family, and
cultural stereotypes. It also depends on how much our thinking is complete and raised
to an appropriate level of perception, because only then can we see the Word in its
fullest form; only then can we see God more clearly, and behold ‘His Glory as of the
only begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth’.