The great big zero

There is no greater entity, or nonentity, than zero.  When two quantities are equal, one subtracted from the other is zero.  Thus, zero is the arbiter of equality.  And who can deny that equality is something for which we enlightened humans strive?  
But zero is something much more (than zero).  Is it any coincidence that it is shaped like a hole?  It is the wellspring from which all positive numbers flow, only to return once they have done their duty.  It is the bottomless void into which all negative numbers descend, gasping for air until it is time to close their eyes and sleep. It is the nothingness from which the "and" and the "or" came, affirming themselves in the dazzling light of the big bang, like a baby crying as it exits the womb. 
In the end, we can say that zero is the unchanging entity, the equilibrium that underlies the "and" and the"or", regardless of their flux.  Zero is eternal, the deepest reality.  
And while zero is the stabilizer, the anchor that keep them grounded, the "and" and the "or" reach up, forever striving for infinity.  And while the "and" and the "or" are great, so long as they exist in the material world, they will never reach infinity. 
It is the striving, whether it be for the perfection of zero in the world of human affairs, or the greatness of infinity in explosion of the big bang, the guides the material world.  And in this striving for mathematical perfection, we begin to see what Plato meant when he said that the material world partcipates in the world of the forms.