Light & Truth part 1

Back in the 1600s, a philosopher named Descartes came up with what is now known as "Duality", a differentiation of mind (thought) and body (or reality.) In the gospel, we learn that the glory of God is intelligence, or in other words, light and truth. So intelligence is a combination of two factors. What are light and truth? The light of Christ is a power that connects everything in the universe, proceeding forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space, being in all things and giving life to all things. But Light also contains the virtues and the elements of divinity, humility (a broken heart - openess to receiving God), faith (trust), hope (belief in salvation), and love - pure love, and anything that comes of this is righteousness and eternal life. Truth is on a parallel with light, but different. It is things as they are, were, and will be. By itself, it is a dark principle and damning, after all, justice without mercy would sentence us all to hell, the enforcing arm of truth that metes out punishment to criminals and sinners (meaning all of us.) The principles of truth and light are distinct yet complementary, and can be separated and compared as follows: TRUTH ................................... LIGHT Masculine ................................ Feminine Mind ........................................ Heart Authority ................................. Power Temporal Law ........................ Spiritual law Reason .................................... Inspiration Justice ...................................... Mercy Logic ........................................ Faith Contrite Spirit ......................... Broken heart Governing .............................. Nurturing Leadership .............................. Service Thought ................................... Emotion Part 2: What happens when truth and light are combined?