21.8.14
– Post-exile: Zerubbabel » Esther » Ezra » Nehemiah
Rebuilding: Temple (national religion/culture) » Walls (city) » Houses (individual)
– Glamour/fashion/ad/ gaming industry, etc. – ok as hobbies, but professional??
22.8.14
– What you actually want
Vs.
What you should want
– Time for me to jail-break (myself from) the iPad!
– The evil denial of our physicality, affectivity & therefore also our sexuality. Time to put an end to this bullshit once & for all!
– Alternate:
Get things done
&
Stop & smell the roses
– Would you call your own father, a fool or a clown, straight to his face?!
– Repentance, unrepentance & rerepentance
– “What have you gained from all this isolation, Joe??”
– Pride – they don’t deserve my company!
– “Please pray that my daughter will get a good job & husband – preferably in Bangalore or Singapore, not Chennai…”
What is the great difference between their worldliness & my own selfishness??
– Time for Theology to pluck its head out of the ground, & take biology, psychology & culture seriously!
– The dead are the most consistent, secure & content of all people!
– From TV to music,
From internet to reading,
From mind to body,
From self-absorption to socializing……
– Saints:
Prophet-martyr
Missionary-revolutionary
Mystic-contemplative
Friend-minister
Holy-celibate
Sage-scholar
Which one are you?
– Humanism > philanthropy
Can (love of) man survive without (faith in) GOD?
23.8.14
– MPTF:
“Boiled Beans on Toast”
Never really took off…
– Movies:
“Payanam” (Tamil)
Mmm… Maybe being in the military is not all that bad (unchristian)!
– Distinguish:
Military
&
Army
– MPTF:
“Colour Blind”
Fuck this linguistic bullshit!
24.8.14
– Movies:
“Red Riding Hood”
– Movies:
“Ip Man”
“The Grandmaster”
– Comparing theology/revelation to the progressive evolution of the parenting dynamic:
1. Childhood – “Do as I say because I say so.”
2. Youth – “I will help you understand why you should follow my advice.”
3. Adult – “Go, with all that I have taught you, & take it forward in your own unique way! I am always with you in spirit……”
4. Parent – pass on your legacy to the next generation so that they in turn will take your accomplishments to the next future step of development.
26.8.14
– Remediate
– What should be special about my life is not what I did or said, but how I lived and who I was – qualitatively different!
27.8.14
– 3 kinds of days:
1. Working/course
2. Relaxation/ entertainment
3. Exploration/creativity
– The best (& only) way to save mankind and transform the world is by being still! If we want new life, all we have to do is just (stop trying to not) die……
– I am gradually but surely becoming a Buddhist! So can I still be a Christian?
– Thomas Merton’s post-monkhood love-affair!
– Instead of solitude & contemplation being small islands scattered here & there in my lifescape, filled with the ceaseless waves of planning & activity, they should be the calm ocean upon which all other islands of work are submerged & suspended…
Whatever happened to my dream/goal of the still, deep & full life??
– Creativity, compassion & courage
– My ultra-ordinary life!
– Boredom is not that bad. Why are people so scared of it?!
– Naked, nailed & alone
The Crucifix of Christ and human freedom/dignity
– Are the Quakers ‘liberals’?
– How do I live humanely (meaningfully & pusposefully) in a world where little children die in accidents, & are raped/killed?? Can my life make any difference (for better or for worse) at all?
In spite of the great persons, events & movements in history, look at what the world has come to today……!
Is this unrealistically pessimistic?
22.8.14
Jn. 10:30 – is this also an “I AM” saying?
Men are cruel/greedy & women are manipulative/jealous.
Which is worse?
Uproarious
Bias (fabric)
Caravansary Khan
Buccaneer
Subroutine
Hullabaloo
Cherry-pick
Only the one who is no longer afraid of death is free to live fully!
Today – 32C, but feels like 38C!
Totem Xat
Davy Jones’ Locker
Suspicion
Vs.
Hospitality
26.8.14
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