Month: November 2014

4.11.14

My love-language is not found in “The 5 Love Languages”
Give me freedom & space to be me!
I love best by sacrificing my own desires to do something for you.

8.11.14
– Let the most commonly used apps (in the mobile) keep running in the background. This will prevent a lot of the (irritating!) delays.
– Guru is not GOD.
But isn’t unconditional obedience equivalent to worship?
For the disciple, this difference is not important.
But for the guru, knowing he is not GOD is vital!
– Is GOD the one who never changes, or is he the one who changes forever without ever ceasing to exist (& therefore change!)?
Instead of saying that GOD cannot dwell in a mortal body, why can’t we say that the (human) body in which GOD dwells cannot stay dead forever?!
Life is the engine of death??
If to exist fully is life, & to stop existing fully is death. If to move from life to death is decay, & to move from death to life is growth. When physical decay overcomes spiritual growth, it leads to rebirth (descent), and when inward growth overtakes external decay, it ends in resurrection (ascent). The point of transition between life & death is either birth or resurrection…
Then this whole process/cycle can be called GOD or Nature!
(Is all birth actually a rebirth??)
But if all creation is striving to ascend toward GOD, then what is the logic of GOD descending toward us?!
Because the only way to (eternally) perpetuate something is by alternating it with its opposite!
So maybe salvation is NOT release from this cycle, but to be caught up in it as union with this dynamic GOD……….
– Guru > mentor > teacher
If you want to make someone a demon, just tell him/her that he/she is your guru (GOD-representative)!
– Don’t sit in one place for more than an hour.
– Maybe self-pity is the root of all evil (hot & cold)!
What is the difference between this & healthy self-love?
How can we sacrifice ourselves in a way that is beneficial to ourselves (& others)?
– Can one be both an atheist and believe in the afterlife?
– Just spending around 2 hours a day in proper study is an end in itself, apart from finishing a course or book or getting a degree, etc.
– Maybe the linear view of history (Western) is more existential, & the cyclical view of time (Eastern) is more ontological.

11.11.14
– The zero-hero
– “Read to lead”
– The Hindu Friday Review November Music Festival: Nov.13-18!
– Yesterday:
World Science Day for Peace & Development
Today:
Armistice Day (World War I cessation of hostilities)
– Movies:
“Kung Fu Hustle 2:
Journey to the West – Conquering the Demons”
The vanquished (i.e. redeemed – destroyed & renewed) demons are the new demon-hunters!
Pacifism is the only way to fight (& conquer) the Devil. Force is effective only in warfare against lesser demons.
Devotion to the divine is the only way to preserve (one’s own) humanity when faced with ultimate evil.
Loving GOD is most clearly expressed when we see Christ in the unlovable (“the least of these” – the poor, not only in economic & social conditions, but also in terms of their moral character & aesthetic appeal)!
What are demons but depersonalized people (‘ex-humans’)?
The Tripitaka goes West! The Trinity – the Father is the one who sends, the Son is the Buddha (or the enlightened disciple of Buddha) & the Holy Spirit is the Church (those led by the Son).
Taoism vs. Buddhism

12.11.14
– Construction of a liberative knowledge-praxis
– Virtue – the perfect bond of a reverent conscience, human empathy & sound intellect!
– “For religious knowledge, equipped with nobility, O tyrant, is invincible!”
– “Let us not be cowardly in the demonstration of our piety.”
– “…let us use our bodies as a bulwark for the law.”
– What have we (Indian Christians) to do with Abraham, Isaac & Jacob? Is this not cultural hegemony?
– 4Mac.13:24-26
– In an unequal relationship, there is often, in the weaker party, an exaggerated/perverted sense of being oppressed, by the stronger.
– The child – so innocent, & manipulative!
– Convert the 1 day SFG retreat into a picnic! 😉
– It’s ironic how using the latest technology teaches you patience!