Mixed

26.4.14

– Food is to be eaten (tasted, chewed, swallowed & digested) in balanced/moderate quantities at regular intervals, not just to be accumulated on a plate and stared at!

– Looking at our past experiences (especially negative ones) as a rich resource to deal with the present & future!

Equipped & strengthened by difficulties & challenges…

– The Lord is our healer.

But how?!

Inner resources & external support

28.4.14

– Movies: J. Edgar

“What determines our legacy is often the things that are not seen.”

All in the name of ‘national security’ ~ ‘Kingdom of GOD’ ~ ‘Social justice’…

Unamerican ~ unchristian ~ immoral ~ inhuman

A small man who achieved great things in the world & a great man who achieved nothing much in the world – which one would you rather be?

How far would you go to keep your skeletons in the closet & preserve the public persona?

– NRI philanthropists

– Subtly coerced & unwittingly coopted!

– Homophobia ~ xenophobia

– Theology of eros

Feminist movement

Sexual revolution

– How can I miss someone whom I don’t even know?!

– Burnish

Vs.

Brandish

– Filial trust

– Overcoming the conflict between desire, conscience & will, through the power of faith, hope & love!

– Hope is the source of all courage!

How can disappointment be kept from becoming despair?

– Psychological hygiene

– Movies:

Total Eclipse

29.4.14

– The next stage (of my Journey) begins!

– My heart is heavy with an idea… A plan!

– You can’t have both freedom and security, Joe!

– Marriage, individualism & spirituality

– Personal retreat

Family obligations

Ministry responsibilities

– The grass is always greener on the other side and yellower on this side…

– Loneliness, poverty & addiction

Vs.

Family, wealth & responsibility

Company & inner frustration.

Material well-being & spiritual poverty.

Social acceptance & individual bondage.

– What have we achieved so far with all our responsible, consistent & committed behaviour??

– A new social order born out of coordinated spontaneity, instead of a fixed structure/system!

– Is it possible to be great/revolutionary without being insane/monstrous?

– What is the difference between sacrificial and suicidal?

– The call of Solitude

– Salvation IS the headlong pursuit of the ideal/dream!

– Freeing biology & psychology from culture & morality!

– Marriage, family, nation & religion are NOT eternal!

– Abnormalcy

– Purpose

Vs.

Passion

– Hexagram

– Do you believe in magic, ghosts & astrology?

– Semi-marriage

– Church-worship – only on special/feast/holy days.

1.5.14
– The theodicy of Job – GOD punishes his defenders & vindicates his attacker!

– I think the optimal balance between system & spontaneity could be around 50-50 (including vacation)!
3 kinds of days:
1. Extreme system
2. Extreme spontaneity
3. Moderation

– Coupling insight & initiative

– Can one be both cynical & idealistic?

– Was Jesus a Cynic/Socratic?

– “Fail better”!

– What is black film?

– Faith without deeds is dead
Vs.
Mercy triumphs over judgment

– The royal law of love ~ the perfect law of liberty