We hold the paradox.
That God is real & that God does not exist.
That both statements can be true, depending on where you stand.
We do not gather around certainty or a fixed doctrine.
We gather around the courage to remain awake & shared commitments.
What we hold are not conclusions to defend, but convictions we are willing to live by. They are not beyond question. They are not immune to refinement. But they are not arbitrary either. They have been shaped through experience, reflection, doubt, and responsibility.
What we hold is not carved in stone but living tensions carried in the conscience. They are not shields, they are more like mirrors.
They may evolve. But they are not hollow.
Below is what anchors this space.
Truth Over Comfort
We hold that the pursuit of truth is sacred. Not comfort or even tradition for its own sake. And never certainty inherited without examination.
Truth is not something we possess. It is something we move toward. Sometimes it dismantles what we once believed. Sometimes it asks us to admit we were wrong. We consider this growth, not failure.
Doubt is not disloyalty here. Changing your mind is not betrayal. Honesty is higher than consistency. We would rather live with the difficult truth than soothing illusion. We hold the pursuit of truth as sacred — even when it dismantles what once comforted us. To be undone by honesty is not collapse. It is an initiation. We would rather lose an illusion
than defend it out of fear.
In Paradoxism, doubt is not rebellion; it is reverence for what is real.
Love as the Supreme Law
We hold love above dogma & we hold that love as the highest ethical measurement. Not the soft love of slogans, but the disciplined love that tells the truth, keeps boundaries, and refuses to dehumanize.
Not sentimentality. Not vague kindness. But active, embodied compassion. People matter more than positions. Care outweighs correctness. Power must be restrained by empathy.
If a belief makes us cruel, it has lost its way. If a belief makes us smaller, harsher, less human — It does not belong on the altar. If an argument costs us our humanity, it is too expensive. Love is not weakness here. It is discipline.
Compassion outranks correctness.
Responsibility Over Rescue
We hold responsibility as holy. We hold that meaning is forged through participation. We do not wait for heaven while neglecting earth, or postpone integrity for a promised rescue. We will not wait for salvation later while neglecting justice, integrity, and courage today. We do not defer responsibility to systems, leaders, or future miracles. If the world is broken, we are part of the repair, and if harm exists, we are accountable for how we respond.
We believe maturity requires ownership — of our choices, our impact, and our silence. Hope is not passive, and faith is not avoidance.
Meaning is not handed down completely. It is forged in how we live —
how we speak when no one applauds, how we repair what we have broken, and how we carry the weight of being conscious?
Faith isn't an escape; it's engagement.
Faith and Reason as Companions
We hold faith and reason as reflections, not enemies. To believe blindly is fragile & to doubt blindly is hollow. Belief without examination becomes fragile, and skepticism without openness becomes cynical. Some among us pray, others meditate, and so many of us wrestle in silence. All are welcome here — because truth is a personal revelation, not a universal script.
We allow mystery, but we do not use mystery to excuse dishonesty.
We allow doubt, but we do not let doubt harden into paralysis.
Some of us believe in God, some understand God symbolically, and
others are unsure. What matters is not uniform metaphysics, but shared integrity.
I want everyone to understand that certainty isn't necessary for belonging here with us, but sincerity and authenticity are.
Freedom of Conscience
We hold freedom of conscience as essential and sacred ground.
-No forced creed.
-No demanded metaphysics.
-No hierarchy of souls.
-No one is asked to suppress honest questions.
-No one is shamed for wrestling with belief.
Unity does not require uniformity. Agreement is not a prerequisite for respect. Each person must walk their own paradox. You have to absorb what is true, discard what is not, and add what is uniquely your own. Each conscience is accountable to itself. We walk together — not because we think identically, but because we value honesty over conformity.
This is the Jeet Kune Do of the spirit — formless, yet disciplined. Open, yet accountable.
What We Do Not Hold
And these are some of the things we do not hold.
-We do not claim exclusive access to truth.
-We do not weaponize shame.
-We do not promise certainty.
-We do not demand allegiance.
-We do not hold superiority.
-We do not hold fear as leverage.
-We do not hold shame as currency.
-We do not hold exclusive access to the divine.
-We do not pretend to have solved the tension between belief and disbelief.
The divine, however defined, lives within consciousness, and we remain inside it.
Closing
What we hold, we hold like a flame in open air with humility. Firmly enough to live by, yet lightly enough to examine. These are not statements to memorize. They are commitments to practice. If they endure, it will not be because they were unquestionable, but because they were honest.
They were strong enough to survive the wind and free enough to breathe. These are not conclusions, but instead they are tensions to inhabit.
This was not a statement of faith.
this is a commitment to walk honestly between belief and disbelief —
and to call that ground holy.
