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28.3.15

– What if Kierkegaard had married??
The sexual lives of philosophers

– Moment of truth:
In every person’s life, there comes a time when they must choose if they will be the crucified or the crucifier!
You can no longer be neutral.
That’s when, just for a second, all the grey clarifies into pure black & white……!

– Spiritual promiscuity & sexual exclusivity

– Spouse – can you be just my friend for a while (without the usual complications of marriage)??

– The more you tighten your grip, the more I try to wriggle out!

– Highly original people often have disastrous marriages.
True or false?

– “Beautiful Day” by Joshua Radin

– “All Over” by Cruisr

– “Believe in me” by Michelle Williams

– “Boys Latin” by Panda Bear

– “Breaking Through” by Tear Out the Heart

29.3.15

– Evil (spiritual)
Sin (moral)
Crime (legal)

– Palm Sunday
The praise (of men) before the Passion (social rejection)
&
The vindication (by GOD) after the Passion (spiritual forsakenness)
Is your worship more like the Hosannas (of the crowd) on Palm Sunday, or is it more like the Hallelujahs (of the disciples) on Easter?
Does your worship come out of your own need to be blessed & saved, or does it flow out of the vision of divine victory & glory?

– Jesus
Vs.
Christianity

– Why is sexual morality integral to the ethic of (almost) all the major world religions?

– Programs without process are in vain.
And process without decision is in vain.

– temerity

– How do we deal with this (apparent) absence (of the sense) of GOD in (my) religion today?

– Miraculous answer to prayer
&
Spiritual conversion
What is the value & relevance of one’s personal testimony as a divine message to other people?
How would (the theology of) someone like Robert Capon or Peter Rollins or Stanley Hauerwas respond to such a powerful personal story of divine/supernatural intervention??

– 2 Kings 19:30 – “And the surviving remnant shall again take root downward & bear fruit upward.”

– Conversion – intellectual understanding, emotional appreciation & volitional surrender

– “The goodness of God leads you to repentance”

– How shall we get away with it if we neglect such a great gift?!

– “For this is the will of GOD, your sanctification”

– “For you know what (teaching) we gave you in the Lord Jesus”

– 1 Thessalonians 4:8 – “Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but GOD, who gives you the Holy Spirit.”

– “But in your hearts, sanctify Christ as Lord…”

– World – The people
World – The (Satanic) systems/powers
World – The created natural order

– Consecrated body, gifts & relationships

– Chance
Vs.
Choice

– Discussion (trying to seek the truth together)
Vs.
Argument (trying to prove I am right & you are wrong)

– The one who pays the price alone has the right to forgive.

– “Hey, this is what happened!”
“Oh! But since I don’t know how such a thing could happen, I cannot (will not/should not) believe that it happened.”

– Consecrated is not the same as sinless.

– Faith > discipline

– The crucified ego – the transformation of the interaction between the superego & the id so that Christ (instead of your same old self) is formed in you!

– Try crucifying yourself!

– Faith in the truth is what saves, not any amount of sincere or skilled effort!

– Believe, live, practice & preach

– Trying –> tiring

– How do you renew a tree from the root upwards, without killing it?

– Transformation
Insurrection
Revolution

– Converted
Consecrated
Commissioned

– missive

– snide

– disparage

– invidious

– trolling (online)

30.3.15

– Accredited programs

– Fearless questioning, creative imagination and disciplined reorientation

– Misunderstandings and disagreements

– Co-counseling – “getting on with life wholeheartedly”

– Skills – communication/conversational, interpretative/interventional and relational/inter-personal

– Befriending, counseling & social support

– Vocational counseling and spiritual guidance

– Maybe he should be a sort of pioneer in exploring these uncharted waters, and then take her along after he has initially tested the unknown, exciting and dangerous terrain. But this must be done with a lot of patience and tact, otherwise it could backfire badly!

– Non-judgmental empathy

– The counselor’s mentor

– Theories and techniques

– Intra-personal conflicts and defences

– Experiential understanding

– Free Internet access
WOW!

31.3.15

– Sucicide bomb – I have to (brutally & courageously) do for others around me, what GOD has (so selflessly & graciously) done for me!
I love you, that’s why I must be myself for you, and therefore leave you, to find yourself……

– Utopian
I am!

uto·pi·an \-pē-ən\
adjective
Usage:  often capitalized
– 1  : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a utopia; especially  :having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization
– 2  : proposing or advocating impractically ideal social and politicalschemes
– 3  : impossibly ideal : visionary
– 4  : believing in, advocating, or having the characteristics of utopiansocialism
First use: 1551
Synonyms: idealist, quixotic, quixotical, romantic, starry, starry-eyed, idealistic, visionary
Antonyms: clear-eyed, clear-sighted
Synonyms: Don Quixote, dreamer, fantast, idealizer, ideologue (alsoidealogue), romantic, romanticist, idealist, visionary
Antonyms: hardnose, pragmatist, realist

2utopian
noun
– 1  : one who believes in the perfectibility of human society
– 2  : one who proposes or advocates utopian schemes
First use: circa 1873
Synonyms: idealist, quixotic, quixotical, romantic, starry, starry-eyed, idealistic, visionary
Antonyms: clear-eyed, clear-sighted
Synonyms: Don Quixote, dreamer, fantast, idealizer, ideologue (alsoidealogue), romantic, romanticist, idealist, visionary

utopian
adjective
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality 
Synonyms idealist, quixotic, quixotical, romantic, starry, starry-eyed, idealistic, visionary
Related Words impractical, unrealistic; crusading, messianic, zealous; dewy-eyed, moonstruck, moony, sentimental, tender-minded; hopeful, optimistic, Pollyannaish (also Pollyannish), rosy, upbeat; doctrinaire, ideological (also ideologic)
Near Antonyms hardheaded, hard-nosed, tough-minded, unsentimental; practical, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic
Antonyms clear-eyed, clear-sighted

2utopian
noun
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection thanby the real world
Synonyms Don Quixote, dreamer, fantast, idealizer, ideologue (alsoidealogue), romantic, romanticist, idealist, visionary
Related Words emotionalist, sentimentalist; daydreamer, fantasizer, woolgatherer; Micawber, optimist, Pollyanna; do-gooder, reformer; perfectionist; doctrinaire, theorist, thinker
Near Antonyms cynic, defeatist, pessimist; empiric, empiricist
Antonyms hardnose, pragmatist, realist

– What would the world be like if every human being was totally free (from all social & moral constraints)?!
Would it be Heaven or would it be Hell??

– amphibology \am-fuh-BAH-luh-jee\
noun
: a sentence or phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way
Examples:
Still feeling some of the effects of her recent cold, Tara was bemusedby the amphibology on the café’s menu: “Try our soup—you won’t get better.”
“I have started an amphibology collection: my favourite to date is the garage that advertises its services with the words: ‘Why go anywhereelse to be robbed?'” — Jonathan Ford, Financial Times, July 27, 2012
Did you know?
A venerable old word in English, amphibology is from Greekamphibolos (via Late Latin and Latin). Amphibolos, from amphi-(“both”) and ballein (“to throw”), literally means “encompassing” or “hitting at both ends”; figuratively it means “ambiguous.” Amphibologyis an equivocator’s friend. An editor who has been sent an unsolicitedmanuscript to critique, for example, might reply, “I shall lose no time in reading your book.” Or a dinner guest who feels the onset of heartburnmight say something like, “Ah, that was a meal I shall not soon forget!” But amphibology’s ambiguity can be unintended and undesirable as well, as in “When Mom talked to Judy, she said she might call her backthe next day.” (Who said who might call whom back?)

– Time to stop talking (about stuff, to others) & start living out (what is inside me, before others), irrespective of the consequences.

– Cut off all the vestigial organs from the body, (even) before it causes (any more) problems!

– Is the next stage of my evolution beginning?! This will probably be the bloodiest, maybe even more than my (physical) death!
Enough of trying to do your best within the current limitations, it is now time to throw all caution to the wind & launch out into the whirlwind……
Absurdist fideism!
Nihilistic humanism!
Material Christianity!

– Putting the material (physical, biological, sexual) over the immaterial (social, moral, structural)!
The psychological/spiritual is formed at the interface of these two levels (epiphenomenon?).
Material existence is always better than non-material existence. And of course, existence is always better than non-existence.

– Push-back

– The Real is encountered (momentarily) when the Imaginary trumps the Symbolic!

– Abstinence from a small thing –> indulgence in something far greater!
Oh WOW……

– The spring is fully wound… now just waiting for the release – it will be something to behold!
Recoil & rebound……….

– Sanctification
Or
Sanitization?

– The labour is almost over, just keep pushing. Once the delivery is over, you will be relieved! So move towards what you anticipate – don’t stop in between…

– Feeling sick,
Feeling sad,
Feeling afraid….
The flesh screams “Stop!”, & the spirit whispers, “Push on.”

– Grace = GOD’s love for me
Faith = my love for GOD
1 –> 2

– Shock therapy!

– Psychonaut

1.4.15

– Unnerving
Enervated

– Faith conflict:
Cross/event
Vs.
Bible/words

– Truth is that set of theories & practices that cultivate the perspectives & attitudes that are most beautiful & beneficial to all!

– CSF & seminal fluid
The emasculated mind!

– If you refuse to respect my privacy, then I will take it forcibly, by zealously protecting my space from any interference!
Yes we are married, but my body does NOT belong to you. It is solely mine, & I share it with you voluntarily, because I love you as my spouse. What I do with my body is none of your business, my dear!
But for the sake of my integrity & the common good, I will (try to) do what you require (for now)…

– Social order
&
Divergent individuals

– Rebel without a (non-controversial) cause!
“Purposeless malcontent”

– I am torn between ripping the old life apart & going after a totally new kind of existence, or just reforming the old way to function better in the future……

– “Master of the barbed aside”

– Gnomic

– Etiolated

– I took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, my score was 16/40. So I am not a narcissist, but my score is higher than 65% of the population.

– zany

– From tolerance to accommodation (Awakening with the Brahmakumaris)

– Sex:
Male – physical lust
Female – soul lust!

– Beginning:
Sadhu Sundar Singh
End:
Osho

– I want to deal with crises (e.g. Marital) in a different way from most other people, so that I can see for myself, the fruit (both the bitter & the sweet) of the alternative option!

– It is always harder to choose the long-term, radical solution than the short-term, superficial adjustments!
But if you are strong enough, you will (ultimately) reap richly……….

– When the older/stronger/husband releases the younger/weaker/wife, it is not only about the child becoming independent, it is also about the parent overcoming their need to take care of (protect, provide & guide) the other!

– I am very comfortable with my mother (most of the time), because she is also independent, like me. And when I am with her, I feel I can breathe free (psychologically), because she doesn’t suffocate me (with so-called affection)……

2.4.15

– Stay together for the marriage,
Stay together for GOD,
Stay together for the kids,
Stay together for the parents,
Stay together for the society……

– What is marriage according to you?
What is marriage according to me?
……Now, let’s decide if we can live together!

– When a couple starts talking about duty & mores, love has long gone out of their relationship!

– Dependence (on the other) –> demanding (from the other) –> retarding (of both)!

– Let us make the (necessary) change!
Let me die so that I might live anew, again……

– Internal conviction
Vs.
External compulsion
The former always wins!

– I MUST do what (I believe) is right, even though (I feel) I CANNOT do it! When this truth grips me, I WILL do it.

– Radical Grace + Liberal Theology + New Age –> ?!
Can an orthodox Christian devotion be integrated (or at least reconciled) with this new radical spirituality??

– Whoever said “The show must go on” is a great fool!
The show may end, but life still goes on……

– Hey bro… you should either be a wild tiger or a domestic cow, you can’t forever stay a domesticated tiger!

– Eucharistic miracles & the real, personal, corporal presence!

– “It is not for you to know now what I do for you!”
But you will understand, when you do the same for others…

– What happens when the Judge becomes the scapegoat??
It decisively ends the era of absolutist morality & ushers in the age of humanist ethics!

3.4.15

– There is a charity, humility & sacrifice that lies on the OTHER side of freedom, dignity & privilege. Have you even glimpsed that yet??
These two are NOT contrary sets of values, but complementary ones!

– Rites of passage:
GOD sets himself free of the burden to be our parent/master, & consequently, we are also set free from the role of being his children/servants!

– According to me, psychological independence (even in marriage), is an essential part of adulthood. Financial dependence is okay, if it is within one’s own immediate family.
Because healthy individuality is threatened only by the former, & not by the latter (if it is not accompanied by psychological complications).
Financial capacity is always only a matter of external necessity (when current resources are not enough to meet needs), but psychological independence is an intrinsic value, irrespective of the social context!

– The Passion – be feisty, until the end!
Life & truth is always worth fighting for. Never give up on what you believe & love, and you will surely be vindicated.
Be good, no matter what the cost, & your destiny will be beautiful!

– Loving others by being oneself,
Loving others by doing things for them,
Loving others by having a common life.

– Women in a masculine world,
And men in feminine relationships.

– The woman stresses the need for the man to be financially self-supporting, & the man stresses the need for the woman to be psychologically (more) independent.
What is the theological/philosophical perspective on this issue? Or is it a matter that is purely subjective/relative?

– How can I try to help you to be healthy & happy without compromising my central values, and how can you do the same for me?
We are NOT supposed to be trying to meet each other’s needs!

– Holiness = holistic health!

– She says he is selfish, & he says she is worldly……

– My parents’ money can be mine too, but a husband’s body/emotions cannot be the wife’s also!
Certain things can be held in common, but persons are always primarily individuals.

– Maybe I should also become immune to the criticisms of near & dear ones, just as I have insulated myself against the attacks of outsiders!

– Only John’s Gospel (high Christology) has the feet-washing!
Only the synoptic Gospels (low Christology) have the Transfiguration!
WOW

– The Venus Project

– The woman:
Value – Social status/financial security
Offensive label – whore
The man:
Value – psychological independence/sexual freedom
Offensive label – beggar

– Good Friday – “We are not meant to admire Jesus for his wonderful suffering, but be deeply disturbed by the Cross of Christ!”

– What is the opposite of ‘prude’?
Immoralist!

– “Real life has to be lived without habits.
You have heard, again and again you have been told, “Drop bad habits.”
I tell you: Drop habit as such! There are not good and bad habits:
all habits are bad. Remain without habits, live without habits; then you live moment-to-moment out of freedom.”
“I am a spiritual playboy!” – Osho
No-thought for the day.
Zorba the Buddha!
No-mind
“Irreverent, wise, humorous, crazy, and ultimately very sane.”

– Consciousness –> joy –> love

– “The light of life”

– Awareness = freedom!

– bistro

– If religion, morality, etc. can be used in such a way that they become hindrances to accessing GOD, then HOW do we view & use them in such a way that they remain open avenues?

– “What you have only heard,
You will now see.
And what you have not heard,
You will now understand.”

– “Who will move the stone for us from the mouth of the tomb?”
“Why do you seek the living among the dead?”

– Anastasia

– “He who lives & believes (in me) will never die… ”
Only what follows resurrection can be called Life!
“She is only sleeping…”

– “Death only has the power that you give to it (through fear)!”

– Fullness of life = Joy + love + knowledge

– Jesus is the only one who predicted his own resurrection!

– Holy, almighty, immortal one

– Children of promise,
And the grace of adoption.

– Air – Spirit
Water – Church/sacraments
Fire – suffering
Soil – death