24.8.16
– Keep the notion of “the kingdom of God” in the NT (especially the Gospels) always firmly connected with the history of (theocracy/monarchy in) Israel.
– Rebuilding the city – temple/Law –> walls/houses
– Reading the writings of the great apostles/prophets (both OT & NT) critically (identifying the faults in their teachings and conduct), in the light of the spirit of the entire Bible, is essential for faithful Christian living!
– Messiah ~ Temple ~ Kingdom
Messiah ~ New Adam/new Moses/new David
– Genealogy – KNOW your family history!
– Reshaping the past, in order to build a hopeful future
– Respect & trust your teacher/leader.
Don’t think YOU know better. Don’t be too suspicious.
Be teachable.
But at the same time, DON’T blindly follow him/her.
– Proverb – “Silence is the fool’s shield, & the sage’s weapon”
I can understand the first half, but not the second…
– Yatagarasu (play)
“The you in you that you never knew!”
– GOD as pure act & revelation as event
– Enter the abyss:
Emptiness
Nothingness
Blankness
Darkness
Silence
When you get a taste/glimpse of GOD, you experience him as the opposite of the dogmas!
– Non-celibate priests are like lungs without oxygen. Right?
Sexual sublimation is a hoax. Right?
– Naked ~ solo ~ free ~ dead
– I guess spiritual growth starts with a naïve optimism, then a grave realism, & finally a leonine laughter!
– There should be no fixed/absolute centre among the elements of theology (Scripture, Spirit, tradition, reason, experience, body, community, culture, etc.). They should all be in a perichoretic dialectic!
– Desire –> believe –> think –> feel
– Oh God! I need to escape from being inundated by this verbosity…
26.8.16
– bootstrapping
– Revive the vernaculars!
Tirukkural, Bhagavad Gita, etc.
– teacherplus.org
For all those interested/involved in education
Oh the joys and heartaches of being a teacher……!
Consider your people (NOT ‘flock’!) as a GOD-given trust.
– “Yatagarasu” (Hindu MPTF) – more of a song-&-dance performance than a play proper!
To what extent does the theater ambiance and audience affect the performance/quality of a play?
– Self-mentoring – folly/hubris??
– Reality/value/importance:
Material > economic > financial
– Opposition as relation
– “Solitude is good, but not when you’re alone”
– The Roman Catholic doctrine of the immaculate conception (of Mary)
Vs.
The Protestant doctrine of the infallibility of (the human authors of) Scripture/canon
Screw both! 😉
– Budget (monthly income) – 10% giving (charity) + 10% investment (LIC) + 10% saving (gold) + 10% buffer (SB)
So, only 60% for other monthly expenses!?
– I think the maximal potential of an adult (in terms of spiritual maturity & physical ability) is during the 35 – 45 period.
But what if this decade is consumed with child-rearing & taking care of ageing parents??
Or mid-life depression?!
Hmmm…… how can I be intentional & smart about this?
– Distinguish:
Moral,
Ethical &
Legal
– decriminalization
– Pupil:
“What is enlightenment?”
Master:
“When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, sleep.”
Inner voice
Vs.
Outer noise
Outer voice
Vs.
Inner noise
– Check out http://www.zishy.com/ – Real girl mischief!
Zishy meaning – stuff that leave something to the imagination 😉
– Brain games:
Lumosity – Elevate – Peak
– Working through conflict together –> increased intimacy!
WOW 😊
– My newsletter subscriptions:
Daily Manna from Biblica
Gospel Reflection from Notre Dame
Brain Pickings
Weekly Poem from Jayne Ferrer
School of Life
Web MD
World Wisdom quotes
Prime Minister of India
Mozilla
Good Reads
Pocket
– Mat. 25:1-13 (NET)
And the wise virgins said, “NO”!
Always have extra (buffer/margin).
Wise ~ alert in the present & prepared for the future.
They all slept, including the wise. Not all who are relaxed are safe!
He said, I DON’T KNOW YOU ~ Beware, for YOU DON’T KNOW
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” – Søren Kierkegaard
The Kingdom ~ my death ~ the Second Coming ~ the destruction of the earth ~ New Age – DON’T relegate it to the (distant) future!
Wisdom as gift
Vs.
Wisdom as discipline
Prayer as the watchfulness that discerns the presence of GOD in every place, therefore making every moment weighty!
– Am I a ‘blogger’?
27.8.16
– “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom” – Kierkegaard
Ah! I know exactly what that means. 😬
Oh how peacefully these others live……! 😦
28.8.16
– tableaux vivant
29.8.16
– “You are not the only one, who feels like the only one.” – David Crowder Band
30.8.16
– Daily rhythm – when you have important thing-to-do that were left undone yesterday, then give those items priority today.
So the daily schedule is primarily not about the division between each day, but the list/order of tasks to be completed.
Or, maybe the daily to-do list must be systematically spread over two days, if the rhythm is to be truly contemplative……!
– cladistics
– Do you know how thin the ice, that you’re standing on, is?!
– bisensual
– “The soul is the prison of the body”
“The politics of meaning”
Circular method
Subjectification ~ soularization
Force-fields & power-relations
Practices & resistances
The diffusion of power
Systems > institutions
New Criticism
Historical plays
Data mining & conceptual mapping
Fractal landscape
Reservoir of artefacts
Poetics & politics
Patriarchy, androcentrism & heterosexualism
Hierarchy of logics
Subjective relativism & social atomism
“monos pros monon”
“amor sui”
GOD’S eros as Kingdom ethos
– Psychological truths
– SwiftKey is not able to (auto-)correct words when the first letter is (typed) wrong
– elide
– What does sex/desire have to do with death/destruction?
Everything!
– The fraud of power & the power of fraud
The law of love & desiring the good
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