Before we delve into trying to define what absolute perfection is or could be, let's talk about what we mean when we declare that something is perfect.
Let’s say, for example, that you just painted your car, your favorite color. Let’s say that color is red (for example) and the red paint on that car is perfect to you, there is no other color, or shade, that would satisfy you more. Furthermore the paint job left no bumps, rust, discoloration, fading, bubbling, or any other sort of flaws. This paint job may be so well done that you may be inclined to declare the paint job, and maybe even the car itself, is perfect. It may be perfect for what it is, but is it truly perfect? Perfection is something that is only relative to the person perceiving it; I may not agree with the red paint. It may be too dark to me, or too bright to me. In fact, I might not like red paint at all, while the owner of that car thinks that red paint is perfect.
Would this “perfect” paint job bring us any closer to defining the purely philosophical theory of Absolute Perfection? How can we, imperfect or flawed human beings, conceive of the idea of absolute perfection unless absolute perfection actually exists?
When I talk about absolute perfection, I refer to something that is perfect in all ways, at all times, and to anyone that may directly perceive it.
Since it’s something that’s very challenging to imagine, much less to define, let’s take a logical approach as an attempt to define what absolute perfection can be, or at least how it could exist.
| Where: 1’s are flaws, 0’s are not. · 000 = 0 · 001 = 1 · 010 = 2 · 011 = 3 · 100 = 4 · 101 = 5 · 110 = 6 · 111 = 7 | In a binary system, we have 1’s and 0’s. Logically, if we identify every “direct” characteristic that could possibly be a flaw, and take all the flaws and perfections and basically turn them into a binary system, similar to how computers work, and assign all flaws the number one, with perfections or the lack of flaws to zero, we could at least conceive of the idea of absolute perfection. Of course a score of all zeros would be perfect, but it would have to unquestionably be agreed upon by everyone in order to be absolutely perfect. |
What if I were to propose that most of us may have experienced absolute perfection and that it may be more common through out this world than you might at first imagine? It could be in your own home without you even realizing it. If you were as fortunate as I was, growing up, you may have always had it in your life from birth, without even realizing it.
What I propose is that true, unconditional love is or could be considered absolute perfection.
Love has no taste, smell, or even a touch to our fingertips. It can’t feel rough nor soft. It’s an indescribable feeling within us that shakes our dark and sinful souls. You feel it when your parents look at you with pride, you feel it when you see your wife or husband everyone morning when you wake up, you feel it when your child runs to you for security, you even feel it when your dog looks at you with loyalty, appreciation, and utter dependence.
You may argue that love could not possibly be absolute perfection, because love hurts, and can sting badly. Especially when someone we love passes away or makes us upset. You must realize that a time limit to all of our lives is not a “direct” characteristic of love. At the same time, love can’t be held responsible for whatever mistakes someone you love has made, that made you upset. Furthermore, you can’t actually kill love unless you kill every being that is capable of perceiving it.
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