The Middle Point
Chastity, never lust nor excess chastity;
Temperance, never gluttony nor excess temperance;
Diligence, never laziness nor excess diligence;
Patience, never wrath nor excess patience;
Charity, never greed nor excess charity;
Kindness, never envy nor excess kindness;
Humility, never pride nor excess humility.
We are anonymous.
We are everywhere.
We choose to forgive.
We choose to remember.
Here we are:
As above, so below.
Self-awareness is crucial in understanding virtues and vices. All virtues are the middle point. Any virtue in excess is a vice, yet a vice is a vice. It's important to recognize when we self-identify with an excessive virtue, as it may lead to vice in an attempt to restore balance.
Desire and aversion are two opposite poles. Neither desire nor aversion is the middle point. I state that desire and aversion are all vices yet opposites. Advice is the middle point that leads one to life; desire is vice, and aversion is excessive virtue.
Chastity, diligence, humility, patience, charity, temperance, and kindness are all virtues. Chastity in excess leads to lust; diligence in excess leads to laziness; excess humility leads to pride; excess charity leads to greed; excess temperance leads to gluttony; and excess kindness leads to envy. Well, excess (as we know) is an adjective and diminishes the power of virtues. Any vice (namely lust, laziness, pride, greed, gluttony, and envy) swings man to the opposing vice (excess virtue).
To restore the balance within oneself is to comprehend these two opposing vices to discover what is true:
Both man and woman are humble. Humble is both man and woman, who are neither more nor less than themselves. The virtue of humility is the middle point. A man and a woman who are humble never take titles. Titles are bipolar, either prideful or humble in excess; both are vices.
Virtue is the middle point, the law of balance. Embracing life's challenges with this understanding brings a sense of centeredness and strength in all aspects of life.
Matthew 23:12 clearly states that he who exalts himself will be humbled, yet he who humbles himself will be exalted.
A hero should call himself a sinner, as we are all sinners before our Innermost. All fornicators are born as sinners.
In the name of truth, no one is born a hero. A hero is born within a man by his genuine love for humanity and his countless sacrifices for others.
This right does not enter into us automatically. One must earn the right to be a hero through deeds of goodness, including a genuine sacrifice for others. The right to be a hero is also measured by how much love others have given you as a result of your work.
It is never enough to say, “I am a hero”. You must prove yourself worthy of genuine love and sacrifice for others to be called a hero.
A hero is never good nor evil, but beyond good and evil. There is no good or evil, only goodness and impurity. Even a hero knows that the path with excellent intentions leads one to the Abyss. This excellent identification of a hero leads to knightfall.
A hero himself is a protagonist unto those whom he has sacrificed and loved for others.
There is a woman who is also a protagonist. Now, she is the one who sacrifices herself for genuine love for others. She is a heroine.
How blessed are the hero and heroine in romantic love, working together to sacrifice themselves for the love of others.
There is another type of hero that goes beyond the everyday hero. He possesses magical powers, driven by genuine love and a commitment to sacrifice for others. He is a magician, or a superhero; a woman is also a magician, or a superheroine. “Jesus said to his disciples: 'Things that cause people to stumble are bound to happen, but woe to anyone through whom they happen” – Luke 17:1
There is an antithesis of a hero. It is he, a fallen hero, who eats the forbidden fruit, thus turning himself to impurity. The hero who fornicates enters knightfall. It is he who turns to wickedness and works for the flesh. In the name of truth, he is a villain.
When a heroine falls into impurity and works for the flesh, she is a villainess. A bitch is a villainess.
A villain himself calls others villains while believing himself to be a hero. These are true traits of a sorcerer.
Even a rightful hero or a heroine (even a superhero or a superheroine) can also be called a villain, and the one who calls a rightful hero or a heroine a villain is himself a villain.
These fallen individuals, formerly heroes and heroines, are the true antagonists.
These antagonists are those who awaken impurity in response to impurity. They only perceive the impurity within others, but never the goodness within others.
One must never underestimate these antagonists, for they have very sharp and sly intellects.
Beware of their talents in the arts of sorcery and witchcraft. A villain who possesses these powers for sorcery and witchcraft is indeed a supervillain. Watch out for a sorceress, a villainess who possesses these magical powers, for sorcery and witchcraft are often associated with supervillainesses. These super-antagonists are the most dangerous people alive, yet they subject themselves to their second death.
The sorcerer's archenemy is indeed a magician; yet, a magician's archenemy is a sorcerer.
Now you know, my friend, the knowledge of a hero and a villain. No one is born a hero or a villain; you will know them by their fruits. A good fruit is a hero or a heroine. An impure fruit is a villain or a villainess. The right to be a hero is born within ourselves, for the genuine love and sacrifice for others.