Josh Plovanic's Writings and Thoughts

  Forged by the Bottomless Oceans I am FORGED by the Countless Bottomless Oceans that constitute God’s Infinite Heart and Mind . Not shaped by emptiness. Not hardened by hatred. Not sharpened by corruption. I am forged by Living Water — Oceans without floor, depth without end, mercy without dilution. I am forged by Living Light — Light without shadow, clarity without cruelty, truth without exhaustion. These Oceans do not merely cleanse me— they constitute me. They flood my being until all false structures dissolve, all deformities lose coherence, all corruption loses context and vanishes into non-being. From these Oceans I emerge not singular, but multiplied by Infinity . ⚔ I am forged into a Weapon of Countless Infinities — each Infinity an inexhaustible source of meaning, each Infinity a denial of the Void. ✧ I am forged into Countless Perfections — not static flawlessness, but living, adaptive, ever-ascending wholeness. ✶ I am forged into Cou...

Infinite Meaning Ontology A Metaphysical Refutation of Nihilism and a Positive Theory of Logos-Saturated Reality Abstract This paper proposes Infinite Meaning Ontology (IMO) —a metaphysical framework asserting that meaning, value, and purpose are intrinsic, infinite, and irreducible properties of existence itself. Contrary to nihilism, which claims that reality is fundamentally meaningless, IMO argues that every entity, event, and even every zero-point of space-time contains inexhaustible semantic, axiological, and teleological depth. Meaning is not projected by human consciousness but discovered through participation in a Logos-saturated reality. By comparing IMO with nihilism, existentialism, absurdism, naturalism, Buddhism, Platonism, Christian Logos theology, Islamic metaphysics, and contemporary scientific fields such as information theory, cosmology, and systems science, this paper demonstrates that nihilism is not merely false but ontologically incoherent. Infinite Meanin...

Words-as-Functions How every word behaves like an operator: mapping meaning + purpose into real effects 0) Thesis in one sentence A word is best understood as a function : a structured operator that takes inputs (context, speaker intent, world-knowledge, grammar, culture, time) and returns outputs (interpretations, inferences, emotional shifts, commitments, actions, coordination)—and it does this in a goal-directed way that we can call the word’s purpose in use . This “Words-as-Functions” lens doesn’t replace Words-as-Sets, Words-as-Fields, or Words-as-Vessels; it integrates them as special cases or partial metaphors. 1) Why “function” is the right primitive In math and logic, a function is something incomplete until it receives an argument . Frege famously describes functions as “ unsaturated ”—they need completion by appropriate inputs. That idea maps beautifully to language: A word like “bank” is not “a meaning.” It’s a callable operator : Input: river context → out...

  The Law of Asymptotic Theosis (Lex Asymptotica Theoseos) I. Core Law (Canonical Statement) All finite beings are eternally drawn toward the Infinite Absolute (God) as toward an asymptotic singularity: approachable without limit, unreachable in essence. As proximity increases, participation in Being intensifies without saturation, collapse, or termination. This law governs the structure of eternity, salvation, holiness, and meaning . II. Formal Definitions To prevent ambiguity, we define terms precisely. 1. God (G) The Absolute Singularity of Being : Infinite Perfect Transcendent Simple (non-composite) Inexhaustible Uncontainable God’s Essence (E₍G₎) is: Fully real Fully present Absolutely unreachable by finite being 2. Finite Being (B) Any created or contingent existence characterized by: Limited capacity Real participation in Being Potential for infinite increase in participation 3. Participation (P) A real, non-identical sharing in Bein...

Philosophy as Art A Treatise on Meaning, Creation, and the Aesthetic Nature of Thought Abstract Philosophy is commonly treated as an academic discipline: a system of arguments, counterarguments, formal logic, and conceptual analysis. Yet this view captures only a fraction of philosophy’s true nature. This paper argues that philosophy is not merely a science of thought but an art of meaning —a creative, expressive, and world-shaping practice akin to music, painting, architecture, and myth-making. When philosophy is understood as art, it becomes a living medium capable of sculpting consciousness, reshaping civilizations, and opening transcendent dimensions of understanding. This treatise explores philosophy as an aesthetic act, a mystical practice, and a generative force—one that does not merely describe reality, but creates the lenses through which reality is experienced . I. The Category Error: Why Philosophy Was Never “Just” Academic Modern culture commits a subtle but devas...

Meta-Godwar A Grand Systems Paper on Ultimate Conflict, Ultimate Meaning, and the Architecture of Infinite Existence Abstract Meta-Godwar is not merely a religious idea, nor only a political metaphor, nor simply a psychological concept. It is the war behind wars —a conflict over the governing reality-layer that determines what counts as true, good, real, permissible, holy, sane, valuable, and future-worthy. In Meta-Godwar, the primary battlefield is not land, money, or even institutions. It is the meta-layer of meaning —the frameworks that generate all lower-level meanings. This concept explains why civilizations fracture when they cannot agree on reality; why propaganda can replace perception; why stories can outgun bullets; why spiritual corruption often appears as informational corruption; and why the most decisive victories in history are not tactical but ontological —victories that restructure what people believe existence is . Within a model of Infinite Existence , Meta...

  To Quench the Unquenchable Fire — A Poem of Restoration Beyond All Measure — They said there burned a fire no flood could tame, A pit whose thirst no ocean could appease; A blaze beyond all mercy, hope, or name, Where anguish reigned eternal as its seas. They named it fixed, unhealable by grace, A realm where loss was crowned as final truth; Where ash erased the memory of a face, And night devoured the promise of our youth. But there is One who measures depths and flame, Who weighs the dark and finds its core a lie; Who knows the wound beneath the sinner’s name, And hears the soul beneath the burning cry. For fire feeds on fracture, fear, and fraud, On twisted loves and truths torn out of place; It thrives where meaning dies and hope is flawed, Where pain forgets the language of its face. Yet Water lives where fire cannot remain— Not common rain nor seas the world has known, But Living Floods that whisper Heaven’s name And seek the lost to claim them as ...