© Niranjan Noel Joseph

Β© Niranjan Noel Joseph
“This is how moths speak to each other. They tell their love across the fields by scent. There is no mouth, the wrong words are impossible, either a mate is there or she is not, and if so the pair will find each other in the dark.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Seven Deadly Sins vs Seven Divine Virtues

Latin and English Translations:

Castitas vs Luxuria - Chastity vs Lust   
Temperantia vs Gula - Temperance vs Gluttony   
Caritas vs Avaritia - Charity vs Greed   
Industria vs Acedia - Diligence vs Sloth     
Patientia vs Ira - Patience vs Wrath   
Benevolentia vs Invidia - Kindness vs Envy     
Humilitas vs Superbia - Humility vs Pride

Personal View: You must partake in the seven deadly sins to reach the seven divine virtues. How else can you tell the difference between the Fourteen?

William Blake taught me that “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

Thus, applying it to the sins, excess Lust leads to Chastity, excess Gluttony leads to Temperance, excess Greed leads to Charity, excess Sloth leads to Diligence, excess Wrath leads to Patience, excess Envy leads to Kindness and excess Pride leads to Humility eventually by force or self decision.

I traveled the Road of Excess, I enjoyed my being present/presence there but looking back, I'm glad I reached the Palace of Wisdom and I enjoy my being present/presence here. I made mistakes, took chances, gambled with my life to reach here. I befriended Failure, we were enemies when we started off. Victory, she hated me, because I had courted her for the first twenty years of my life. But, she recently spoke to me and said she was willing to forgive me because I valued her much much more now than ever before and didn't take her for granted. I was willing to serve her and she even offered me occasional dalliances with Failure because she was aware of my unrelentless spirit.

Failure you see, is the alter ego of Victory, which teaches me how to be satisfied and be thankful to Victory. I had learnt my lessons alright. And it's all right now...