Truth, Beauty, Goodness
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Can one know what true beauty and goodness are? Is there an objectivity to these attributes, or are they merely what one perceives them to be? Let us focus on what God has created women to be and what society tells them to be. Does the truth lie in women being successful career women to the exclusion of their own feminine nature; in being dependent on the admiration of others for their self-worth; or in their being mere physical objects of pleasure? Or are they called to find the truth of their dignity in the model of Mary, Virgin Mother of God, who reflects and participates in the Divine Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of which all creation is called to reflect and share in?
The question of truth, beauty, and goodness is one that has intrigued men for centuries. The pagan philosophers seek to identify that which is True, Good, and Beautiful. For the Christian, however, there can be no other answer than that which affirms that the Triune God is the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. By His very essence God is all three. Everything else is so only by participation. We can know this because God has chosen to reveal Himself to us. The Catechism of the Catholic Church #2500 tells us that “even before revealing Himself to man in words of truth, God reveals Himself to (man) through the universal language of creation.” All creation reflects its Creator; therefore, we can see something of Beauty itself in creation. Truth, beauty, and goodness, which are called “the transcendentals,” cannot be separated from one another because they are a unity as the Trinity is One. Truth is beautiful in itself. And goodness describes all that God has made. “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good” (Gen.1:31).
Alkalize for health is a term that is beginning to be heard more often. Its interpretation is still relatively new, as many people are not quite sure of the concept of this new health term. In simplified terms, it basically means to get the body to a more alkaline state, as opposed to an acidic state which is the stage for poor health.
Some of the major sicknesses that we face today are beginning to be blamed on the acidic condition of the body. For example cancer is strongly becoming the focus of those promoters of alkalize for health treatments. It is believed that what cancer really comes down to is a mixture of metabolic acids and catarrh that is emitted from the blood into our body tissue. It is becoming the firm believe of some researchers that acidosis is the root of most illnesses rather than viruses and mutations. The concept that is being introduced is, that our body is constantly generating acid waste by our individual energy consumption. If our body does not dispose of this acidic waste then that’s where the problem begins.
If this research is valid then it would make perfect common sense that the body must not only be returned to an alkaline stage but must be maintained as such. In order to do this, then our diet has to be reduced in acids and alkaline foods must be introduced in good quantities.