Musings

6.3.14

Natural desalination: sea water >> water vapour >> clouds >> rain >> drinking water!

Austerity & charity
Enjoyment & friendship

Survival (biological) > security (material) > comfort (psychological) > status (social) > meaning (spiritual)
Comfort ~ pleasure; Status ~ power; Meaning ~ transcendence

Distinguish:
Indulgence
&
Celebration
Is solitary enjoyment always evil?

There can be no enjoyment without desire. But the root of all misery is surely attachment. So what could be the solution to this conundrum?

Distinguish:
Equanimity
&
Stoic

“Cure the senses with the soul, and cure the soul with the senses.” – Oscar Wilde
I agree!

The moral, the intellectual & the sensual
Ethics, philosophy & aesthetics
What about politics?
The social comes only later…!

Ecstasy (momentary elation)
Vs.
Bliss (lasting peace)

Sacrifice (psychological) >> life (spiritual)

Indulgence, moderation & addiction

There is no way into the desired positive, except through the negative! The greater the desired positive, the greater the required negative…

Renunciation & liberation ~ moderation & happiness

Variety & balance
Vs.
Focus & intensity

Control is freedom
Vs.
Trust is freedom

Sublimation/transcending
Vs.
Moderation/ruling

‘The moral majority’

Will – tyrannical ruler or wise master?
Conscience – haunting spectre or benevolent guide?

Detachment & freedom
Vs.
Compassion & relationship

Doxography

Liberation from sin ~ realization of the absolute

The birth, growth, decline, death…… & resurrection of Christianity!

Resurrection as the non-dual transcendence of the life/creation/sustenance-&-death/destruction/decay dichotomy!
The eternality of the present!

Father – the self-creating & eternal GOD; the Son – the self-sustaining & manifesting GOD; and the Spirit – the self-destroying & metamorphosing GOD!

Come up with a system/structure/rule that gives enough space for spontaneity & leisure. But once fixed, do not compromise! Changes can be made only after a proper review, not impulsively.

Father, Son & Holy Spirit ~ life, death & resurrection!
Being, time & nothingness
The past as the faded present, & the future as the potential present…

GOD, man & cosmos; Cosmos, GOD & man; Man, cosmos & GOD; Man, GOD & cosmos; GOD, cosmos & man; Cosmos, man & GOD.
Created order; hierarchy of being; levels of consciousness; forms of reality…

Past, present & future ~ being created/born, living/dying & resurrection/afterlife

No ashes, no Phoenix!

Blithe

Belle sauvage

Lambent

Gleam Flicker

‘Old dead morality’ or ‘Law of creation’?

Unison & balance; integrity & freedom

Without the tension caused by the id & superego, the ego would die of laxity!

Mino

The self (I), the other within (you) & the other without (them)