forgive me of my imaginary equilibrium

"The search for equilibrium is bad because it is imaginary. Revenge. Even if in fact we kill or torture our enemy it is, in a sense, imaginary."

How appropriate that the title of this section is Void and Compensation Most of our energy in life is expended upon that which we do not know while filling it with meaningless jargon and useless material. All for the sake of imitating purpose and meaning. Rather it is all but an excuse to convince ourselves we are doing good for the world (under the guise of "change" or "equality") when in fact the reality that we seek to intervene is only a figment of our imagination. we created it.

I understand that this is very dangerous territory to tread upon, because it can easily yield to forms of nihilism or at the very least existentialism. However, I only illustrate the imaginary to highlight the reality of God's creation and the violence that has clouded our understanding of his purpose.

Instead of allowing the parts of God that we cannot understand let be, we fill it with what we do know. This similar act is analogous to our relationship with the other (Buber's Thou).

"Men owe us what we imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.

To accept the fact that they are other than the creatures of our imagination is to imitate the renunciation of God. (I'm still a little unclear about imitating the 'renunciation' of God.)

I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness."

We make people our debtors (through our imagination) = objectification
we deserve nothing apart from eternal condemnation. Nobody owes us anything.
we must extend grace always, and rely on God's ultimate justice.
we are forgiven by God, redeemed through Christ and must live out our new life worthy to that which God calls us through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The supernatural is among us, and we must not debase it through our own imaginations, but tune ourselves to its reality (as the natural).