In the beginning was The Word, and the word was One. From One came Two, and from Two came Three, and then, from Three came “the Ten Thousand Things.” But, first there had to be One, or at least the potential to become one.
The deepest thinkers of our past knew and understood, and so ancient systems of thought were built on, yes, the firm foundation of the Laws of Mathematics. Some things never change; one is always one, whether it be a singular one or a group of whatever.
And then, as a natural development, mathematics became the cornerstone of philosophical thought. “Know thyself” Plato told us, perhaps having learned to understand its meaning from his great teacher, Socrates.
And how can we learn to know and understand ourselves? Simply by meditating on the cornerstone of our individual life; that underlying philosophy of life that guides our every emotion, thought, and action, intentionally or otherwise. Deep within each of us is the cornerstone, or foundation, that we have built our way of life on. Does it need to be reshaped? Has it become out of line with …?
We seem to know, with a deep knowing, that our cornerstone, or foundation, is as it always was, but we may have forgotten to refer back to it, as we built our life. If so, then it’s our way of life that has to be brought back into line with the core of our being.
We each must, sooner or later, ask ourself, “Just what is the basic value that I express in the way I live my life?”
Simple Seekers 