19.10.14
Outtakes
Lumpen-proletariat
20.10.14
Turncoat
21.10.14
“Education is not a preparation for life, education is life itself.”
Prepare for annual seminar (Nov./Dec. – mid-way between 2 annual summer retreats) for around 1 year.
How are duty & virtue related?
Jesus was never sexually active, so is he normal according to you??
That does not mean he was as asexual…
Glory
Vs.
Fame
Isn’t it ironic that the happiest man in the world is a Buddhist?!
Those who are living stable (employed) & safe (family-man) must be a source of support for the needy (poor) & the radical (explorers).
I am trying to live as a hybrid of the family-man & the reclusive sage. Is this possible or advisable? Maybe I am just an exception……
22.10.14
Intellect
Vs.
Genitalia
23.10.14
I am not a doctor/scholar/counselor/pastor/professor/teacher, I am a sage/mentor/guru/prophet/friend/guide!
Should I start a study-group, for the intellectual types among us?
24.10.14
“Ça change…” – “The more it changes, the more it stays the same.”
Compunction
There is no Nobel Prize for Philosophy
Developmental refugees
Ineluctable
Commensality
Raconteur
I only share articles that I have read.
Shut down the iPad at night.
19.10.14
– “He is my shield, my strength, my help & my salvation, because I trust in him… The lifter of my head.”
Shield as weapon
Will GOD allow us, his children, to be victims of injustice?
He is my reward, or my rewarder?
Continuing to love those who leave/separate from your circle.
– Some churches look dead & others sound loud, but all are asleep!
– Do the people of the only true living GOD need to have a ‘plan B’?
GOD compensates what we lose by refusing to make compromises with the world.
– Not all journal entries are my own thoughts or beliefs. And not everything written herein is what I agree or accept.
The leader as priest – mediator!
– Legacy without offspring!
– Don’t be content with protection, but claim the special blessing of abundance.
GOD gives you the post which you refused to go after by stepping over others.
GOD is my song!
Do nothing, & see the Glory.
– Do I lack faith to say ‘Amen!’ to these things or is this all really nonsense?
– When GOD acts normally & is his usual self, incredible things are accomplished!
GOD allows all your strength to be drained until he himself becomes your only strength.
GOD might allow us to be ashamed now, but ultimately he will vindicate us.
GOD-fearers outside the boundaries of the people of GOD. People touched by Grace, outside the church.
Do you desire, ask & expect GOD to do mighty things??
He enables you & fights your battles, when you take the first step by faith.
Acting in trust & obedience, not out of enthusiasm, desperate compulsion or self-designed schemes.
GOD inspiring you » you motivating others.
Spiritual formulae for worldly success.
Wait for GOD to directly & personally guide you before you decide/act. Do not seek others to receive the Guidance for you.
“Saenaigalin aandavar thunai” (Tamil)
Taking your position against your enemy & looking unto Heaven.
Problems, needs, troubles – not focusing on them – receiving victory from above!
Who, what, where is your ‘enemy’??
GOD is my sun.
Instead of changing your situation to escape your problem, let GOD show you the way to overcome wherever you are right now.
– The miraculous ministry is meant to show us that this man is from GOD, so that when he is crucified, I will not make the error of denying his divine identity.
So that I will be able to keep the former & the latter together & resist the temptation to separate the two.
Applies to both Jesus & the Apostles
– What are the conditions that I must fulfill in order to experience these blessings?
The secret principles of spiritual victory.
Clear instructions (sermonic exhortation) » confusion unbounded (in practical choices)!
Have a set of advisers for spiritual matters & another for professional matters.
Receiving GOD’s blessings for our righteousness, instead of grabbing the resources & opportunities around us.
Get the sign from GOD so that I can do the right thing & reap the benefits!
Calling down a breakthrough from above…
– Doing theology extra-ecclesiam!
– Community – each member can/should complement the other by matching one’s strengths with the other’s weaknesses, & vice versa.
Everyone must follow the dictum “It is better to give than to receive” so that dependence on others is minimized and contribution to the community is maximized.
20.10.14
– Movies:
“Memento”
Memory ~ faith
Eschatology is not just futurology!
Rape & murder of wife ~ the Fall
Vengeance – the Cross
Natalie & Teddy – factors of the in-between existence.
Reading Scripture is like watching this movie. And living in this world is like being a character in the movie. Spirituality is all about doing both (always)!
What does memory have to do with hope?
No sense of identity without (at least some) knowledge of origin & destiny.
– All movies that leave me satisfied (entertained) are profound, even if they don’t seem that way at first.
– I need to decide soon whether goats & cows are ‘sentient animals’, so that I can make up my mind about eating mutton & beef.
– I need to spend more time in systematically & thoroughly preparing for SFG meetings & retreats.
And I need to start preparing for the next annual seminar.
21.10.14
– “Boko Haram” – “Western education is prohibited”; “People Committed to the Prophet’s Teachings on Propagation”
– “Dhimma”
22.10.14
– “To be alive spiritually, man must have union with GOD, and must be conscious of it. Apart from this union, his religious life will be an empty drudgery, a mere imitation of true spirituality.”
– TV series:
Orange is the New Black – Season 1
Why not consider open marriage (polyamory)?!
23.10.14
– No fasting on blood-donation week (once in 3 months)
– Prayer or brayer?
24.10.14
– Inversion:
Margin » rhythm » focus!
WOW 🙂
– “Our most secret thoughts are also the most common.”
– Irreligious, inter-religious & extra-religious theology
– Only the mystics, spiritualists & sages know how much we all are alike!
– Desperation is the mother of audacity.
– Success, impact, influence, fame, achievement are by-products of authenticity, courage, creativity, wisdom, ethicality.
– Hallowed walls
– The sound(s) of silence
What do you hear when you are perfectly still??
– Lovers – two (or more?) people who can comfortably be completely silent together!
– The original creation was like the perfect baby, & the new creation will be like the complete adult!
– Christ-figures – Compare Walter White in “Breaking Bad” to Joe in “Joe”
Father-figure » Christ event (encounter/incarnation) » Holy Spirit (sacrifice/crucifixion)
– In most of the fantasy movies, why is it that supernatural evil (the Devil) is almost always more visible/tangible than supernatural good (GOD)?
– Transformation > liberation > development
Salvation: 1 » 2 » 3!
– The ones who need help the most are also the ones who are most averse to being helped!
So what do we do??
– Distinguish:
Logical dilemma
&
Moral dilemma
– “In the midst of the soul’s dark night of despair at the frustration of eros, there dawns the agape of god- the realization that although the soul is powerless to attain union with God, God out of unchangeable and infinite love has given union with himself to the soul.” – x
“Glory! What we experience as Agape is actually divine Eros!
Now our task is to fully & thoroughly enjoy & share this incomparable Gift……”
“Our great task is NOT to attain, but to utilize!” – y
“The next challenge is to experience our oneness with each other to start with in our families,fellowship,bro,sis known to us who are struggling . If this aspect also is really true.” – x
“Amen! Universalism in action…… Let it flow on!” – y
– Movies:
“To Sir With Love”
Man, this guy is magnetic!
25.10.14
– The Christian revelation-tradition alone is NOT enough to provide a complete ‘soundtrack’ to every moment of this life.
26.10.14
– What does female adulthood look like??
– The negativity of passivity/neutrality – I don’t have any active dislike for you, I just don’t have any active liking for you. You are not repulsive or hateful to me, you are just not attractive or interesting.
– “Cinema has become my life. I don’t mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that daily reality is simply there to provide material for my next film.”
– Movies:
“The Zero Theorem”
Richard Zanuck
Qohen Leth
…but I’m a creep!
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