thirdity:

““For pain, for hope”; that says it all. This is a fortiori the two dialectical antitheses of the new synthesis! Pain (the suffering of people) and my caring (agape) about their suffering, and the hope that Maitreya brings forth a radical transformation in our and their lives. This synthesis — pain and hope — is above tragedy and is absolute beauty; it is grounded in human pain and the need to relieve that pain, and the hope — and conviction — that it can be relieved through the Maitreya and his program. The terrible side is pain, the salvific side is hope; out of these two comes action and the will to act, to change the world.”

— Philip K. Dick, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick