God in three names

God can be described by three names. These three names point to the mystery of God.

The first name is Khoda meaning the 'sovereign one', the one who is self-sufficient and not dependent, 'the Lord'.

The second name is Agathon meaning 'the Good'.

The third name is Yazdan . Yazdan means 'the one who is worshipped'. This is a similar meaning to the English word 'God' itself.

God

God is that which is of ultimate importance. We believe that there is something that is of ultimate importance, and therefore we believe in God. We believe that we should pay attention to and assign value (worship) that which is of ultimate importance, and thus we worship God.

Two things in particular are of ultimate importance. One is Reality. The second is The Good. In fact we believe these are not really separate because Good or Bad is not something purely subjective in the eyes of the beholder, but has a basis in Reality itself. Nevertheless there is a distinction because while Reality is something we must pay attention to, it is not always something to worship in quite the same way as the Good.

God may be seen as Reality and the Good. God may also be seen as that which connects humans to Reality and the Good. In this function God may change its appearance to suit the needs of different people.

God

God is defined as what we worship - and what we worship - i.e. pay attention to and treat as valuable and important - is all that is the foundation and producer of the good life for us and for everybody.

God is the source of life, but God had a complex nature. God is both in the underpinning of the Universe and in the Good Actors within the Universe. Thus Zartians resist any over-simplified unitary view of God.

Zartians recognise the tensions between the different aspects of God. God allows evil things to happen and this may not be fair at all for us as individuals, even if it is a consequence of our collective actions as human beings. However we believe that God desires the Good for He has placed such knowledge at the heart of our being in our innate distinction of Pain and Joy.

God has also given us the ability to progress towards the Good if we are sufficiently free and determined enough to do so. As Zoroaster teaches, existence unfolds according to rules that our minds can potentially discover. If we align ourselves with Truth then our actions will become the Right ones to create the righteous order of maximum happiness and joy.

God

God is the ultimate focus of our worship.

God is by definition that which is most worthy of being attended to. What is most worthy of being attended to is that which is the source of our existence in all its various manifestations.

God desires what is Good, which we know because Good and Bad have been built into the fabric of existence as Pleasure and Pain. Nobody who has experienced the extremes of Pleasure and Pain can doubt that former is better than the latter in an absolute sense. It is God who has set this distinction into reality and motivated us to seek one and avoid the other.

Updated October 4024 ZHE

Agathon

Agathon is the Absolute Good. Zartians strive towards the Absolute Good.

We are concerned about the well-being of the souls of the living world both now and into the future.

We do our best to be a good influence on the course of the living world and move closer to the Paradisium - the ideal worldly existence - through our support for the Arta Thalica - the Flourishing Order.

Zartian Agathism

Zartians follow the philosophy of Zartian Agathism as part of their understanding of how to strive for the Good.

This includes:

1. Recognition of the twelve Agathoi and their opposing Kakoi.

2. Recognition of the Pentamagi or Five Aristomagi who are: Zartus, Gotama, Plato, Aristotle and Nietzsche.