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Θ Justice
To act in Justice is a product of the highest wisdom and power.
Over the centuries, it has been the most powerfully debated topic: How to attain Justice? How to be Just?
Is it merely a matter of debate, or is it the attainment of the highest consciousness?
As one of the most difficult qualities to understand, comprehend, and impart, especially when trying to emulate the Gods, it can often be relatively easy and direct to grasp in other contexts.
We must find balance between the three: the Justice of the Gods, the Justice of the Daemons, and the Justice of Men. These three kingdoms all connect to the fourth: the Justice of the whole universe.
Ever running is the water from the well of understanding that comes from within, often telling us what is just and what is not. The simplest people feel offended when a great act of injustice occurs. Justice is inward, yet it has to fully develop itself.
Stagnant can become the well of the mere theoretician, who feels nothing of the well of Justice but speaks of Justice all day while having applied none.
For Justice, both higher and lower, is of a higher knowledge, yet it is a simple virtue that resides in every heart.
How much the Gods expect of us, but never more than what we can do, for they are Just!
Θ Prayer:
“O Master Zeus,
Great Zeus,
Reveal to us Justice,
Lead me to be Just,
Instill in me the Spirit of Justice,
Holy and Sanctified Master of Justice!”
Ancient Greek Code Prayer Ἡ Δικαιοσύνη
Ὦ δέσποτα Ζεῦ,
ὦ μέγα Ζεῦ,
φανέρωσόν μοι τὴν δικαιοσύνην·
ὁδήγησόν με δίκαιον εἶναι·
ἐνστάλαξον ἐμοὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς δικαιοσύνης,
ἱερὲ καὶ ἡγιασμένε δέσποτα τῆς δικαιοσύνης.
Transliteration
Ō despota Zeu,
ō mega Zeu,
phanerōson moi tēn dikaiosynēn;
hodēgēson me dikaion einai;
enstalaxon emoi to pneuma tēs dikaiosynēs,
hiere kai hēgiasmene despota tēs dikaiosynēs.
Meaning
The prayer asks Zeus to reveal justice and guide the speaker toward just action.
The Ethic in Ancient Greek
Ἡ δικαιοσύνη τῆς σοφίας καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως ὑψίστη ἐκδήλωσίς ἐστιν.
Ἀεὶ ζητοῦμεν πῶς ἂν αὐτὴν κτησαίμεθα καὶ δίκαιοι γενοίμεθα.
Ἄλλοτε μὲν λόγοι περὶ αὐτῆς πληθύνονται, ἄλλοτε δὲ ὑψηλὴ συνείδησις αὐτὴν ἐναργῶς γιγνώσκει.
Δυσχερὲς μὲν αὐτὴν ὁρίζειν ἢ ἄλλῳ μεταδιδόναι, ῥᾴδιον δ᾽ ἐν πολλαῖς πράξεσιν αἰσθάνεσθαι.
Ἰσορροπίαν ζητεῖ ἡ δικαιοσύνη παρὰ Θεοῖς, Δαίμοσιν, ἀνθρώποις καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ κόσμῳ.
Ἔνδον πηγὴ συνέσεως ἡμῖν σημαίνει τὸ δίκαιον· καὶ ἁπλοῦς ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τῷ ἀδίκῳ κινεῖται, ἡ δὲ διάκρισις αὐξάνεται διὰ παιδείας.
Ὅταν μόνον θεωρίᾳ θεραπεύηται, ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἄπρακτος μένει.
Ἀνωτέραν γνῶσιν αἰτεῖ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ἑκάστῃ καρδίᾳ ἁπλῶς ἐνοικεῖ.
Οἱ Θεοὶ οὐδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν δύναμιν ἡμῶν ἀπαιτοῦσιν· δίκαιοι γάρ εἰσιν.
Hē Dikaiosynē · Transliteration
Hē dikaiosynē tēs sophias kai tēs dynameōs hypsistē ekdēlōsis estin.
Aei zētoumen pōs an autēn ktēsaimetha kai dikaioi genoimetha.
Allote men logoi peri autēs plēthynontai, allote de hypsēlē syneidēsis autēn enargōs gignōskei.
Dyskheres men autēn horizein ē allōi metadidonai, rhaidion d᾽ en pollais praxesin aisthanesthai.
Isorropian zētei hē dikaiosynē para Theois, Daimosin, anthrōpois kai en autōi tōi kosmōi.
Endon pēgē syneseōs hēmin sēmainei to dikaion; kai haplous anthrōpos epi tōi adikōi kineitai, hē de diakrisis auxanetai dia paideias.
Hotan monon theōriai therapeuētai, hē dikaiosynē apraktos menei.
Anōteran gnōsin aitei, alla kai en hekastēi kardiai haplōs enoikei.
Hoi Theoi ouden hyper tēn dynamin hēmōn apaitousin; dikaioi gar eisin.
Page & Holy Texts: High Priest Zevios Metathronos