Month: June 2016

REFLECTIONS

7.6.16
– Sexual liberation, as an integral part of social justice, is as important as any other element in the Kingdom of GOD!
Jesus himself was called a glutton & friend of prostitutes, so I don’t mind being called an idle flirt……
How can this issue be seen from the ethics (deontological, virtue, utilitarian & teleological) point of view?
– The priest as authentic (not necessarily authoritative) interpreter
8.6.16
– My movie ratings:
Flop – 0/5
Poor – 1/5
Okay – 2/5
Cool – 3/5
Hit – 4/5
Superhit – 5/5
– quaff
– bruderschaft
– caftan
– faiënce
– mauvaise honte
– sotto voce
– Remote soul
10.6.16
– Cassandra
– Heliotherapy ~ insolation
– Symposiarch ~ toastmaster
– Specie ~ coinage
– vaunt
– odalisque
– insuperable
– picaresque
11.6.16
– What am I doing??
Actually, nothing much!
But I am a self-employed, part-time, freelance spiritual worker.
What that means exactly, I myself don’t know……
I don’t have a job. But I have a main hobby.
– My mind is too bloated for my body!  ;-(
How can I regain health (strength, balance & focus)?
Maybe, instead of constantly feeding my higher senses & occasionally giving a break, I should invert the proportion.
– Vacation is the time when you don’t have the usual occupation(s) to shield you from boredom. Time to go mining, Joe! Who knows what gems await you in that cold, hard, dark place……?
No elevation, without excavation.
Vacation is not the time to just relax & recharge, so that you can continue (work) from where you left off. It is an opportunity (& challenge) to allow something genuinely new to occur in your mundane existence!
– FUCK entertainment.
HELLO enlightenment.
– NO MORE counseling! Stop it completely.
I am NOT a psychologist or pastor.
What was I (unthinkingly) believing, all those years……??
– I am not a scholar,
I am not a mystic,
I am not an activist,
I am not a servant,
I am not a leader,
I am not a member,
I am a SAGE!  🙂
– Curiosity, curiosity, curiosity!!!
– 1. Contemplative lifestyle & carefree attitude
2. Critical awareness & serious disposition
These 2 are in a complementary dialectic!
(But the 1st is first & the 2nd is second)
GOD, don’t let me be torn apart & driven insane, nor let me settle comfortably & rot away at one pole……
12.6.16
– GOD ~ life ~ reality ~ truth ~ power ~ spirit ~ joy ~ energy ~ universe
– Spirituality is realizing the primacy of the biological-material over the psychological-cultural!
But what about the sayingsaying, “mind over matter”?
Actually, what that means is, put the physiological body over the socially conditioned organism, using your enlightened will!
– Jesus:
Suffered & killed,
Risen & ascended,
Reigning & coming!
– Knowledgeable wisdom
Sagacious informance
– Contemplation (spiritual living):
Living in the moment,
Being in touch with, & acting out of, the body,
Remaining open to the immediate context.
13.6.16
– Idyl
– Distinguish:
Terrorism
&
Hate crime
– Action-learning
– They say that miracles are (the chief signs of) power.
I say, knowledge/wisdom is greater power!
– Health education and promotion
14.6.16
– pariah
– What’s the difference between a traitor and a whistle-blower?
15.6.16
– Amadora
Gourmet, sorbet
– alum
– Mata Hari
– “A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.” – Francis Bacon
But even before ‘a little philosophy’ is the first stage of primal faith!
16.6.16
– Social/world transformation – the necessity of a 3-tier process:
1. Individual consciousness – enlightenment
2. Leadership development – social responsibility
3. Structural reformation – systemic overhaul
The glue that binds all these 3 together is spiritual community!
– Relax & enjoy
Balance & focus
Margin & rigor
– Distinguish:
Indulgence-dissipation
&
Enjoyment-prosperity
– Change vacation from 1 month at a stretch every year, to 2 weeks twice a year.
– The saint is not always a sage,
And the sage is not always a saint.

TV series: “The Americans” – Season 1 (Hit)

Hmmm…… Moralities, dilemmas, priorities & loyalties!
“For you (Americans), everything is black & white. For us (Russians), everything is grey.”

Is it ethical to trample on individuals & families for the sake of a greater cause/larger purpose (like patriotism or world peace)?

Even the coolest & wisest people have their follies!

The childishness/immaturity of Elizabeth (especially in relation to Claudia) is getting on my nerves – can one be both patriotic & self-willed?

They (the lead couple) have been Americanized! The culture/biology of their context conspires against them, & no amount of training is adequate for ventures like this.

Ideals/values/principles must take a higher place than concrete entities/personal preferences/social morals.

My report: The Jennings are NOT good, or fit to be, spies! 

Because they are (too) human……??

Christians as ‘resident aliens’

The NRI experience 

Poster
Trailer
Review

Movie – “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Hit?)

Horror impact – awesome!
Never heard/seen screaming like this…

True story??

Horror genre as social commentary – exposing the gore underneath the civilized world!

All exceptional/individual brutality is related to prevalent structural issues.
That Dracula-like scene also must have some meaning……? Or, what I mean is, I want to understand what the intention of the autuer in making that scene. Or, I want to be able to articulate intellectually, the emotional reaction to that scene. Or, I must try to address & express the cultural aspect/dynamic of such an imagery…

Capitalism as cannibalism

Review

Poster

Trailer