Plotinian Eidoi (Πλωτίνιος Είδοι)

-From my text on the Logos (The Word).

Reality is both timeless and unchangeable in its concept. What is not is the manifestation of its substance in the form of matter or recurring phenomena. These things are part of the natural process of life's evolution that is either material or transparent. From amongst the theories and dichotomy between metaphysics and physics is the idea that things of reality have a deeper meaning and attachment than what we originally assume of their appearance. That is to say that what they truly encompass is the transcendence of their nature.

This in Meleticism is known as the Plotinian Eidoi, which basically states and infers that all finite reality is an image of a greater reality that is construed by our active consciousness. The scope of that realisation is seen in the philosophical sense of how the Logos and Nous operate in accordance with the viable elements of change and motion.

When we thoroughly examine and analyse the distinction, between the metaphysical state of being compared to the physical state of being, then we conclude that there is not a vast difference between them. This is confirmed by our rationality that exhibits the boundaries of both states of being. Without the substance of physicality as a vestige, we are left with no actual semblance of observation.

Without the idea of metaphysicality, we are reduced to theories or presumed facts that cannot be easily correlated with meaning. If we used the example of a statue of a man, we would be convinced that the statue is an image of a physical being that embodies the man. What we learn afterwards is that the physical nature of the statue is composed of stone, but its idea transcends the solid figure of its composition, making it metaphysical, because the statue can be transformed.

Ultimate reality is the Enas. A reality that encompasses all that is existential and beyond our reality. Our intuitive senses and thoughts are limited in their capabilities to comprehend in its totality, what this type of reality represents. The Plotinian Eidoi are images that are endued in developed forms and substances of which can be perceived by our consciousness.

Eidos the Greek word is the form of a thing. The One produces a series of images that overflow from its abundance. This process is called emanation. These images are shaped by the Nous. The manner in which we understand the flow of emanations is to consider the image of the sunlight that reflects from the sun. It is not only visible, but it transmits heats through its energy produced. The perception that we have is one that focuses on the image of the sun than the abundance of its light.

We can see these images transcend, within the five elements of fire, earth, air, water and light. There is a certain image from all of these five elements that corresponds to their physical interactions and forms. Our ability to decipher the intrinsic mysteries of the metaphysical world depends mostly on the understanding of our material world.

Images can be visual representations in their appearances. An image can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. A mental image is present in a person's mind, as a thing that is remembered or has taken form. The subject of an image does not need to be authentic; it may be nothing more than an abstract concept in its nature or presentation. Two-dimensional images are more illusions of movement that we perceive when still images are seen in their evolving sequence, each image only lasting less in its duration.

Images that have motion are considered credible in our model of reality, but it does not mean that they are actually plausible, solely because of our mere perception. The One has no need for an image to be discerned by our eyes. It is shapeless. Thus, the images of those things that emanate from it are shaped by the Nous into an existence that we ultimately perceive as being form. A form that came from the One, not from a creator god.

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