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It is now important to move from theory to practice, and to look
at how we can actually and actively interact with the Virtues. Firstly we need to access them. The Virtues can be
understood as existing as an interconnected grid in the Virtue Matrix.
We access them by knowing or perceiving them. This knowing is
direct access through memory, through the experiencing them within the kindness of a
human deed done by others or by ourself. (James: Faith and Works).
They can also be accessed directly without intermediary other than
Christ. As discussed in Christ and Human Reality. Christ
offers us an experience of reality beyond the confines of the normal
corrupted human reality. In the Virtue Matrix we see a multidimensional continuum.
Kindness, for example can have aspects of gentleness and joy.
It would be very rare to see a solitary virtue, not flavoured by
others. Humans often have difficulties in placing anything beyond 3
dimensions. the Virtue Matrix is understood as multidimensional
insofar as a point of love can be understood as extending upwards in
joy, deepening in peace. And from here there are an infinite
number of possible dimensions opened by interaction with a myriad of
other virtues and combinations. If a person exists within a particular state or combination of
virtues within the Virtue Matrix, another person can meet them at that
point if they have sufficient sensitivity and broadness of virtue
awareness. There will be a communion. If someone exists
within a particular combination of peace, joy, gentleness, and
goodness, they can interface with a person with a different
combination by extending their levels of any particular virtue or
combination of virtues, where the extension will pass through the
realms of virtue space where another is. Every person as a child of God has a particular and distinctive
point of combination that is a 'home' within the Virtue Matrix. If
they are not cleansed of vices by God, they will be exiled from
their true home. Alternatively, they may exist at that point
but have no understanding of the broader nature of the Virtue Matrix. They gain a broader understanding by being born of the spirit,
and gaining a spiritual body composed of the virtues. In the
context of this spiritual body, they can stretch out in
multidimensional the Virtue Matrix, touching others gently or powerfully,
as they pass through realms where others exist. So how does one stretch out? For practical experience of the Virtue Matrix see flowing |
