Introduction

I am Greek Orthodox. However, I do not agree with all traditional views of my church. I also love to learn about other traditions and see what we have in common so we can use this for love, peace and beauty in this world! I like the Taoist thought that sometimes two opposites can be possible (more in another post). This happens in quantum mechanics, as when light can be a ray and a particle, and an electron's place depends on the viewer. There is a time for modernist views and a time for postmodern views. Intution, there but which can be developed, is key to knowing when to use which view.

Here are my five axioms:

Theorems need to be proven, including in mathematics. Axioms are just true. I believe that life is a yin/yang balance, and that two sides of the coin can be true at once, as in Taoism. For instance, it is good and bad to have an ego. A woman can be feminine and masculine.

Some beliefs I hold to be true and self-evident. Here they are, and perhaps I will blog about them more a another time.

1. Socrates "Know Thyself" leading to Shakespeare's "To Thine Own Self Be True and IT Follows, as night the day, thou cannot be false to any man" (or woman or God)

2. Socrates's "Pan Metron Ariston": Everything with balance or measure for arista or excellence

3. The Truth comes out in the end.

4. What comes around goes around (as in the Christianity Golden Rule, Eastern philosophy karma, physics, and more).

5. What does not kill you will make you stronger.

My third book, Pocket Guide to Fitness, is available on http://www.authorhouse.com and http://www.amazon.com. If you look up my name on those Web sites, you will find my other books The Boy in a Wheelchair and Life, Work and Play: Poems and Short Stories. These two books are on my Web site http://www.louizapatsis.com.