Will is the power that enables conscious, reasoned thought.

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Will is the power that enables 

conscious, reasoned thought. 

The reality of will and its fundamental power 

is central to Triadic Philosophy. 

We are confronted with mystery always.  

Thinking realistically carves out a space 

within the mystery 

for the consideration of Ethics 

and then enables an Aesthetic response 

that tends toward the beautiful and true. 

We have spent millennia 

locked in largely binary, 

dyadic modes of perception, 

leading to conflict in all areas of existence. 

We have denied the will to determine our destiny. 

We have subordinated values 

to the realm of pricing things. 

And we wonder where we are going. 

Triadic Philosophy demonstrates that 

the lineaments of a positive destiny 

 have been present all along. 

It was always possible to think in threes. 

It was always possible to find a way beyond 

a house divided. 

The proof lies in doing it. 

In this sense doing Triadic Philosophy may be 

the most significant action anyone can take.

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The ontological place of Will in Triadic Philosophy

Will is central to Triadic Philosophy This is hardly an original notion Great thinkers have always recognized will Will is the engine of action the impulse to create the very life force of all humanity Everything we do is the result  of our possessing will Ontology means being  Within Triadic Philosophy  Ontology is central Every key word within the simple powerful structure of Triadic Philosophy  is ontological Every word conveys the way things are Words like circus rabbits virtue even justice are not in themselvcs ontological But 'will' is With no need for modification  will stands tall within Reality Will has a close companion within Reality Freedom Freedom within Triadic Philosophy is the power to choose among values It is also the power to refuse This is why the ultimate evil  is to consciously kill another and why all grades of harm are grades of evil All evil is a frontal attack  on the  very source of human dignity All evil is a blow at holiness  All evil is a denial of the preciousness of humankind To foreclose freedom  and deny the exercise of will is the substance of the evil that the Triadic Philosopher seeks daily deliverance from
The place of will in Triadic Philosophy is in the realm of Reality 
The aim of Triadic Philosophy is that all people become conscious actors engaging in freely willed acts of helpfulness tolerance democracy and non-idolatry These are the values that are  - like freedom and will - ontological
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Triadic Philosophy sees memory as both past and present

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Triadic Philosophy sees memory as both past and present We live in the now but can summon up the past and do  both willfully and spontaneously This memory is part of a text in my book of sonnets Winning the War Within The sonnet expresses a present resolution of what over time had become a painful sense of loss The action of will on memory suggests the triad Memory Will Resolution It partakes of what psychology calls sublimation It is an aesthetic resolution of a past no longer real save in memory Our freedom is more substantial than is often acknowledged It inudes this capacity to process memory to see it past to observe it to distance it to see it as something that is in the now just as are all the other fleeting signs that we call memories
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Triadic Philosophy - Will Memory Now

We all have a freely choosing will We all have oft-daunting memories The only place we live is in the now And only now can give us our release
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Triadic Philosophy - Will Good Joy

+ Access other Triadic Philosophy sections at Pinterest + Triadic Philosophy involves categorization and consolidation Terms like "will" rise directly by inference from the root First term which is Reality The root Triad of this philosophy is Reality Ethics Aesthetics + The triad above is Will Good Joy Good and Joy  rise respectively from Ethics and Aesthetics + IMAGE ONE Will (Will is an ontological element of  Reality It is the source of both freedom and responsibility It' implies impulse drive destiny and history) +
IMAGE TWO Good (Will is capable of fathoming the good  but more often than not the good is a source of confusion and conflict until brought into  relationship with will From the ensuing struggle an option for action rises) +
IMAGE THREE Joy (In a mindful existence  in which Will and Good are conscious the options that give rise to the Aesthetic term Joy are those which signal a  a unity between ones experience of pleasure and wholeness in unity with others and the world) + Stephen's Remarkable Kindle Store

Triadic Philosophy - Freedom and Will Account for The Irreducible Dignity All Persons Possess

Foundational Triad Reality Ethics Aesthetics
This Triad Freedom Temptation Decision
Each triad  (of an infinite number) in this philosophy refers to the foundation In  other words knowledge and actions rise from interaction of Reality and Ethics and a resolution in the active realm  under the sign (or word) of Aesthetics THE TRIAD ABOVE Image one 
First Freedom (Freedom and will are part of the Reality which rises around us. The essence of our dignity lies in the presence of these within  the penumbra .)
Second  Temptation (Temptation is the experience of  Freedom in tension with signs of warning presumptions of danger impulses to exceed limits real or imagined.)
Third Decision (We own our response and affirm it as our choice. The key ethical imperative  is that our choice possess the ends to which Aesthetics leads - beauty truth joy peace.)
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Triadic Philosophy Stacked Images Helpfulness Selfishness Mindfulness

Triadic philosophy builds out infinitely from the initial triad Reality Ethics Aesthetics using threes (triads) to denote a progression  from sign (word) to blunt truth, or limitation or qualification to hypothetical action (actuality guess attempt a stab at creating a rule or a habit) Seeing life as this seemingly endless elaboration of  the way we actually do things
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First Helpfulness (Helpfulness is an ontological value along with democracy and tolerance By inference it is understood to emerge from the penumbra we call Reality or being or existence (what rises always in the mind) Helpfulness denotes a spectrum of actions that are social and communal and ultimately universal )
Second Selfishness (Selfishness is actually the end result of nominalist and binary thinking limited by seeing the self as a sort of be and end all This does not accord with reality but it acts as a powerful brake on helpfulness and cannot be dispatched with ease)
Third Mindfulness (Mindfulness is the child of will in the service of ontological values It represents the working hypotheses we create to move beyond the double bind of helpfulness hobbled by selfishness. It is an assertion of what we might call self-control but with a patina of irony and humor to acknowledge the inevitable fallibility of all human designs) 
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Belief is less subscribing than resolving to - The Tao of John 10

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Belief is central to the Seer's way Not in some magic miracle hooray But in the sea change everyone can know  Believing what the Seer comes to show + Belief is what the will does to confirm every act to give it the prior validation it needs to become reality The Seer is miraculous because he is us in prospect but the habit of of those around him  is all special effects and noise of applause The greater miracle is that we can see and understand and make the Seer's way our own Stephen's Remarkable Kindle Store

What power do we need to supplant deadly power

What power do we need to supplant deadly powerIs all motion just death in waitingIs all power lethalWhere can safety be foundIs it in the mindAccepting our risk Going with the flowOr is it saying Start with what least killsStart with life that is most life Dismantle death machinesI say the latterSoonerBetterStart with big oilAnd then nukesAnd then address our woeful sad mentalityAssenting to the things that clearly bode lethality
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Where there's life there's will

Where there's life there's willAnd will renews our hopeWill can power new waysEnabling us to copeWith changes as they comeAnd things that must be doneWithout our will our power is naughtWill is the way that Jesus taught
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Placing Abba and Abba's Will First

We do not take Jesus seriously. But his words cannot be ignored. Jesus says a prayer, teaches it, lives by it.

Thus: Let Abba's realm come. (Thy kingdom come).  Here. Now. Abundant, neighbor love-intensive, not given to display, eschewing hypocrisy. The whole nine yards. Not difficult if you know Abba within.

A civil polity

One that is humble before the challenges we face.

"Come."

When Jesus uses the verb come, it means that the realm is never fully realized -- until earth and heaven are the same.

Also, the realm of Abba embraces every soul on the planet. So it's cheating to say your life is heavenly while the world goes down the tube.

Abba embraces the millions who live in prisons. It embraces Mr. Hayward. It embraces the Tea Part folk. It embraces the Obama folk.

It is no respecter of anyone.

Your will be done. Let's see. Where do we begin? In actuality, it is in following a way that we begin to understand the will and to do it. Acts of helpfulness. Acts of tolerance. Acts that spread democracy (nonviolently). Acts that manifest a rejection of idolatry. Jesus summed it up. Get yourself together. Then love the one next to you as you love yourself.

Extend this to all and you get the idea.