Mystery of Infinity

This is an interesting take on the meaning of the word mystery. Though Webster’s first definition of mystery is “a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand”, I think the more common definition is “a private secret”.

However, when used in Part 1, they use the first definition, as in this sentence:

The infinity of the perfection of God is such that it eternally constitutes him mystery. ^(26.3)1:4.1

But they go on to expand on their meaning:

The divine mystery consists in the inherent difference which exists between the finite and the infinite, the temporal and the eternal, the time-space creature and the Universal Creator, the material and the spiritual, the imperfection of man and the perfection of Paradise Deity. ^(26.7)1:4.5

It’s not that the mystery of God is just a secret that no one’s talking about. Rather it’s that there is so much more to him than our matter-minds can comprehend, we just refer to all the stuff that make our heads explode as “mystery”.

Good word. I think I’ll start referring to my wife as “mystery.”

The truth is reasonable, plausible, essential and indispensable

Like most of the stuff I’ve read in the book, I’ve looked for this quote all over the place. Kept thinking it was in Part IV. No, no, it’s right in the beginning.

 … the true concept of the reality of God is reasonable to logic, plausible to philosophy, essential to religion, and indispensable to any hope of personality survival. (24.6) 1:2.8

In my mind, the “true concept of the reality of God” is roughly analogous to the “truth”, when used broadly. While some thing may be any of these things individually, in order to rise to the level of the “truth”, it needs to meet all these tests. It’s like the ultimate Venn Diagram.