RLI 2

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¹Although TKS is a religion, it is many things. ²But like all things, TKS is in this physical universe, and therefore made of physical parts. ³And this symbol is an unlikely configuration of information, small in its size, perhaps, but vast in its complexity. ⁴But TKS is more than just its symbol, because as you look close, its structure has meaning, manifesting through the words and language and knowledge in your mind as you try to understand it. ⁵So TKS is a physical symbol, but it is a personal scripture, too.

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⁶But TKS is only an approximation, so its specific representation is not so important, but it is necessary. ⁷For this representation can only be physical and finite, an attempt to capture the glory of the universe onto the structure of the symbol. ⁸And TKS is only one religion, and even if it is not the best possible religion, it hopes to be good, so it must be clever and precise in its representation. ⁹But the symbol is fixed, it does not change in form, even as it moves through time, its seven strands woven delicately into its seven chapters. ¹⁰And this is the beauty of religion, in a way, the ability to represent a greater ideal onto an unchanging symbol, in order to stay strong as the world changes around it. ¹¹So the scripture can be but an interpretation of the symbol, personal, unique to the human who studies the religion, for it cannot be any other way, because truth, too, is only personal.

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¹²So although TKS may be many things, it can only be the symbol and the scripture, and nothing else. ¹³And in all the chaos and competition of the modern world, many might agree or disagree, claim credit for the symbol, or claim truth in their understanding of the scripture. ¹⁴But it does not matter, for the symbol does not change, and the scripture is always only personal. ¹⁵So TKS does not ask you to follow anyone or anything in this world other than itself. ¹⁶And even if you feel that TKS could be better, TKS does not mind, for it can only ever be itself, and it knows that it can only ever be an approximation.