VIGNETTES

23.8.17

– Tree of life ~ body wisdom

Tree of knowledge of good & evil ~ intellectual intelligence

The difference between life and death lies in the order in which you eat them!

– Love potion

Didactic poetry

atomism

Chance ~ fate

Meta-passion

Materialism ~ determinism

Rare beauties

Intelligible substratum

limpidity

eclogue

Peasant poet

Greek ethics

Vs.

Roman virtues

Unforgettable word pictures

sonorous

Acquired tastes

Sad obligations

Vacationing

Character adventures

Indulgence, cruelty & madness

Political vacuum

Best, true fables

– Passion

Vs.

Duty

Vs.

?

– “The tears in things” – Virgil

“We crave a different kind of buzz” – Lorde

– War, starvation & epidemic in Yemen. Would you like to go/be there??

Trump protesters, wherever his campaign goes.

Turkey is against the Kurdish referendum in Iraq.

Tamil Nadu politics – OPS & EPS of AIADMK join hands, for now.

Is Princess Diana still worth remembering?

Nigeria’s population bomb

– Between Sophistry & Silence

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/between-sophistry-and-silence/article19535457.ece

– There’s no shame in coming second to Homer!

– What is the effect of tyranny on the tyrant?

24.8.17

– All or nothing

Vs.

Something is better than nothing

– Power + pleasure + meaning = religion!

– Restlessness is welcome.

Accept frustration.

Stay with the boredom.

Get to the bottom of the emptiness.

– “Meditation is evil.” – UGK

– Hindu Theater Festival – 20.8.17

“Black with Equal”

Stupid, silly & irritating!

Just flirting with life, no real wrestling.

A good comedy is a rare beauty indeed!

– Get what you need by doing what is right

Vs.

Going after what you want and losing everything

WTF??

– The philosophical invariant of combination

Association without mediation

Operational space

Transcendental identity/essence of the subject

First science

The general convertibility of the realms/orders

Order of reality & order of syntax

Non-consistency of the subject-in-person

The non-representative causality of determination-in-the-last-instance

The real as non-agency or non-realm

Cloning of philosophical transcendence

Radical immanence as “other than”

Exists-(as-a)-Stranger

Future-in-person

Utopia-in-person

Site of production

Radical displacement of the site of transformation

Thinking (relating to things) according to the real

Inconsistent subject

System of transcendental hallucination & illusion

Subject for the world

Auto-positional/self-encompassing structure

Intra-philosophical transformations

The world in-itself

Philosophy as the (form of the) world

Interpretation as intervention

Operational transcendence

Philosophical delusion

Reduced or delivered from sufficiency

Determined-according-to

24.8.17

– Courting life ~ flirting with death

Or

Flirting with life ~ Courting death

– Sadeness by Enigma

https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tmhupvyg5zoon5ovvm35y7yl5fm?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-songlyrics&u=0#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9DxYhqmKw

– Saying YES! to your Weirdness | JP Sears | TEDxCardiffbytheSea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79zra755WgA

29.8.17

– Distinguish:

Whose

&

Who’s 

– “Spirituality is not to be learned by running away from things of the world, nor by turning solitary. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.”

— Meister Eckhart 

Distinguish:

Solitude/penetration

&

Isolation/withdrawal

If you can’t find GOD in the here & now, you need not search elsewhere!

– Mudra 

involution/intricacy

fishgig/lance 

magpie

horologist

chiromancer 

viticulture 

enology 

– “Yahweh is the one going before you; he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged.””

https://ref.ly/Dt31.8;leb

Distinguish:

Do not be……

&

You shall not be……

Is this just positive confession for self-development, or is there more to it (than meets my ear)?

Compare versions: 

LEB 

&

NET

– Enslaved by, the fear of, fear!

– Mk. 6:17-29

Ego/image > conscience/will

The babe is just a nameless (& gorgeous) pawn.

Did Herod & Herodias “love” each other?

Is the king truly free??

The passion of St. John the Baptist 

Is speaking truth to power, a special calling, only for the rare prophet among us?

– The Bible:

Meditative study/devotional scholarship 

&

Studious meditation/scholarly devotion

Tim Mackie – nerdy disciple

Exploring my strange Bible

https://itunes.apple.com/in/podcast/exploring-my-strange-bible/id1271147429?mt=2&i=390967319

28.8.17

– (Y)earning

– Purpose, practicalities & play
Grounded in the body
In touch with the inner and outer worlds
Intellect, emotion & body aligned
Mindful breathing for body scan
Energetics out of whack
Getting to the bottom of the trophy process
Body focus
Sensitivity training

30.8.17

– burlap

cashmere

1.9.17

– Machine learning

Psychocybernetics

Gaming (&) intelligence

erotism

– TV series (Season 1 Episode 1 only!)

Mr. Robot

The Night Manager

American Gods

Halt & Catch Fire

The Leftovers

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Badlands