Month: September 2014

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”

17.9.14

– One external hard disk for PC backup.

One for storing (excess) files.

– How do I handle information overload?

What is the best way to learn?

50% contemplation (wisdom) + 50% study (knowledge)

– Disc

&

Disk

– Read « » reflect « » meditate « » contemplate

– The problem of plenty

– Momentfulness!

– Anti-sex & anti-porn

Pro-sex & anti-porn

Anti-sex & pro-porn

Pro-sex & pro-porn

– Pro-marriage & pro-sex

Pro-marriage & anti-sex

Anti-marriage & pro-sex

Anti-marriage & anti-sex

– Pro-marriage & pro-reproduction

Pro-marriage & anti-reproduction

Anti-marriage & pro-reproduction

Anti-marriage & anti-reproduction

– Should one always be either pro- or anti- ?

Can’t I be neutral?

Yes, but not always. You will sway to one side or the other……

– What is the difference between sports & showbiz?

– You’re only free to the extent you can do without certain stuff.

Need is the opposite of independence.

And desire is not always equal to liberty.

– Identify your field (of expertise) clearly.

– Total body workouts

Core exercises

– Time awake: Learn (50%) > relational + ministry + entertainment + chores (40%) > exercise (10%)

– In Chennai, 6-8 months per year (except Nov. – Feb.) is summer – bathe daily, use A/C 2 hours per night.

– I think the secret of life is found by plumbing the depths of boredom!

– Ultra-slow motion

Try it!

Why is it so spooky??

– Slow » deep » full

In that order.

– Just living, each day……

– A practice that flows out of (and into) suffering/thinking & feeling/knowing!

– It is very hard to remember, that before we were born we were asleep, 1/3rd of our lives is spent sleeping, we will finally die… 3/4th of this planet is uninhabitable, & earth is just a speck in a vast vacuous universe…

In spite of all our evolution & advances, we are still surrounded by, & immersed in, emptiness/space/nothingness!

It would be good to periodically remind ourselves of this fact. It would save our souls from much vanity & folly.

– Grandparents must be prohibited from baby-sitting their grand-children, so that parents can take responsibility for raising their own offspring & the elders are released (or rather forced) to do something different & valuable in their last decade……

– Do you realize to what extent your identity/personality is determined by your society/culture?

You cannot be who you are not allowed to be. But some people are different…

Time to wake up, folks!

Grace sets us free from the external Law so that we might explore & discover for ourselves the Law within!

– Computer-coding – the man-made DNA!

18.9.14

– Spirit > faith > religion

GOD > Man > culture

– Be clear: Theology/spirituality (Christian) is my field. Philosophy/religion is my dialogue partner. Art, culture, current affairs, etc. are more peripheral.

– Infinity is NOT the opposite of finitude.

– The opposite of exhibitionism – not voyeurism, but hypocrisy – is as morbid & perverse, and even more destructive!

– Mat. 22:30 + Gen. 6:1

– Maybe it is GOD who contends with us for maturity (freedom & responsibility), whereas it is we who are stubbornly holding on to infancy (authority & law)!

– How could peace-loving soldiers for justice ever defeat the ruthless forces of the evil machine?!

After all, this is war……

– Once upon a time, I was gonna be an anti-porn crusader!  😮

19.9.14

– Falling with live in You!

– “Every crisis carries within it the seed of a (second) chance.”

– Philosophy Talk – tenth anniversary special

– After the loosing of my former morality, doing the small, nitty-gritty stuff well has become of paramount importance!

– Idiot savant

– Theology as the ‘textual sublime’

– Coda

– Social energies

– Inception ~ graduation!

– Intratextual

Vs.

Extratextual

– Wrestling with the software when trying to spend time just reading stuff!  :-[

Adobe reader » Adobe Acrobat (for FREE!)

Ha ha ha…  😉 all because of the grace of our Lord Torrent!

20.9.14

– “Dear xyz… Please understand that I say some harsh things only because I care for you, & I can be fully honest with you. It is NOT my intention to hurt or insult you.

Please take good care of yourself.

GRACE”

– From momentariness » momentfulness

– Alternate days – 2 hours study – 1 hour my self-education curriculum + 1 hour random selection

21.9.14

– Love, desire & pleasure

Benevolence, need & affection

Passion, violence & creativity

– Please introduce yourself:

1. What is your story?

2. What does a typical day/week in your present life look like?

3. What is your theology/philosophy/lifeview?

– “The divine is not a distinct object/person, but the depth-dimension of all things real.”

– “Truth, like gold, is to be obtained, not by growing it, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.”

– “Never trust a GOD over 33”

– “When we say that GOD is sovereign, what we mean is not that nothing happens without GOD’s intention, but that nothing happens that can finally defeat him.”

– “Now the ears of my ears awake,

And the eyes of my eyes are opened.”

– “What we see mainly depends on what we are looking for.”

– “I disapprove what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

– If there is nothing left that one would die for, then this life is no longer worth living!

– “Religion is the entering into the action of GOD in & through the making of our own souls, & of one another’s.”

– “In the masochistic erotics of ancient asceticism & the mutual seduction of mysticism, there is disclosed the collapse of the binary of activity & passivity that anchors the classical dualism of agape & eros.”

– “The experience of crossing thresholds, especially when we are not quite sure at what point we have crossed, is the experience of vertigo, of discovery, of surprise, and therefore risk.”

– Blasé

World-weary

22.9.14

– A liberal apologetic:

1.Jesus as a Jewish liberal & Christianity as a heresy of Judaism. Historic/evolutionary periods of the giant leap forward (progressives) & consolidation (conservatives).

2. Progressive revelation, parenting & developmental view of human history.

3. Universalistic salvation & its radical implications.

4. Post-modern philosophy, religious pluralism, sexual liberation, etc.

5. Realistically dealing with the disconnect/tension between experiential facts & theological dogma.

17.9.14

“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.” – Voltaire

Glorifying GOD by exercising our lordship!

David (Christ) – whoever curses the Lord’s anointed shall be put to death, except when the anointed one is me!

Struggle – suffer, stand & fight

For me, Jesus Christ is the (historic, concrete) revelation of the (eternal, universal) divinity of man. By the body, word & spirit of this God-Man, somehow, we are (always were & ever will be) the Messiah (incarnate, mission-ing, crucified, buried, resurrected, ascended & reigning)!
Therefore, let us believers – one & all – live out our true identity & rise to this greatest of all vocations!

Hallmarks of community:
Commitment to be fully functional individual members of this particular social body.
Sharing & caring – experiences & resources.
Gathering – regular, periodic physical assembling for the purpose of mutual edification.
Spiritual fellowship – each person progressing in their own journeys into GOD. Thereby on the same path with the others, even when ‘apart’!

Grades/spheres of community:
Central core (few) – co-habitation, material & financial resources held in common, regular gatherings (daily?) for fellowship & ministry, vocational integration, delegated household chores, etc. They already know each other well (maybe biologically related) when the intentional/missional community is formed.
The heart of the whole organism!

Second level (some) – no co-habitation or common property. But living in same city/town. Gathering regularly (fortnightly?). Observing common individual disciplines & group commitments.
The trunk of the organism.

Third level (many more) – Living far away from each other. Gathering occasionally or keeping in touch through telecommunication. Attend annual retreats. Meeting with some others (annually?) through occasional house-visits. On the same spiritual path as the others.
The limbs of the organism.

Those who connect only randomly & sporadically (without much intentionality in personal spirituality or fellowship or mission) cannot be considered as ‘members’. They are ‘outside’ the community, but welcome to enter (the third level) by going through the initiation of accepting the hallmarks and undergoing a probationary period of 6 months or so.

Enjoy life together,
Grow spiritually together,
Fight evil (serve the world) together.

13.9.14

Supine selfish helplessness

Mucous

Unraised

Matzah

Coltish/frisky

Impish

Grubstake

Finagle

Geep

Lorn

Rejectamenta

Surreptitious/subreptious

“Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.” (Isaiah 12:2 NET)

Converting your family into a monastic community!

15.9.14

Forever & a day

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

16.9.14

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.” (Romans 8:26 NET)

Are targeted (e.g. Belly) fat-burning exercises scientific (‘really true’)?
– Nope!

Magazine culture

13.9.14
– Who you are is more than what you do, but not anything other.
– Is there a difference between cartel & mafia?
– Liberatory, not liberative
– Alternate day (weekdays – Mon. – Sat.) – 2 hours course study (M.A) & 2 hours self-learning. 1 movie allowed on the day of self-learning.
Focus on Theology.
Bible-study at least once a week.
– Extortion rackets
– Universalism in salvation » religious pluralism » sexual liberation » ……!
– Release man from GOD » release wife from husband » release children from mother » release earth from human domination » ……!
– Blind member in small group ~ voice-only online conference!

14.9.14
– What does sacrifice have to do with victory?
What does death have to do with salvation?
What does suffering have to do with love?
…What the seed has to do with the tree, & what the pupa has to do with the butterfly……!
– Movies:
“Nine 1/2 Weeks”
What exactly is going on (between us)??
Excitement & longevity don’t go so well together…
– How does a cockroach perceive a human?

15.9.14
– Ma’am, not mam
– Killswitch
– I love me
Or
I love this life
Or
I love GOD
Or
I love the world
Or
I love you
Or
I love this relationship
Or
All of the above?!
– Acumen
– Melancholic ~ sultry! 😉
– Responsibility ~ duty ~ obligation
– Exercise (15-30 min.) at least 5 days a week.
Alternate cardio & strength training (includes stretching)
– Include meditation, posture, balance & breathing in the 15 min. daily sil, sol n still time.
– No focus » no intensity » no progress » no significance!
– iTunes account:
iPad – India
PC – USA
– iPad backup – icloud & syncios
File transfer – Filemaster via ifunbox

16.9.14
– What does mindfulness have to do with compassion?
– BBC Documentaries (YouTube):
“Jesus was a Buddhist Monk”
“Life of the Buddha”
– New Age, post-modern, pro-sexual Christianity
– Indentured