27.9.18
– Annotate PDF with Evernote!
– Distinguish:
Happy
&
Healthy
In this fucked-up age, sick is nice and normal is miserable!
Me & the world – mutual hatred 😜
– Move to Tier II institution – not premier, established & arrogant
Reverse urbanization!
– What is Section 497?
– Don’t let any one thing occupy 50% or more of your life, not even god Work!
28.9.18
– I’ve decided NOT to watch “Chekka Chivantha Vaanam”
I’ve not watched “Kaalaa” either
Should I rethink?
– Roles
Vs.
Morals
Vs.
Ideas
– If you’re a non-Christian, then you’re also, in a sense, anti-Christian.
If you’re not an anti-capitalist, then you’re also, in a sense, capitalist!
– Can I call myself an authentic individual, if I am not actively resisting capitalism?
– Capitalism ~ monetarism, globalization & relativism
– Why am I consuming the ubiquitous contemporary junk art (movies, music, TV series, etc.), instead of selecting from the greatest works ever?
– The vanity of pleasure
The futility of happiness
The New Deal
gentrification
quotidian
periodization
Commercial illustrator
homunculus
egress
FNGRBNG!
Left novelist
Non-places
Forever nowhere
The slow cancellation of the future
The deflation of expectations
Casualisation of labour
Post-Fordism
Buffed up
Nostalgia film
Waning of historicity
Postmodern anachronism
Endemic dyschronia
redoubt
Broken time
Hauntology
puncept
Spectral causality
Cultural ghosts
The work of mourning
Cyberspace & globalization
Materialized memory
Mediocre satisfactions
Populist policies
Melancholia music
whinge
immiserate
“The personal is political”
Pop history
Monadic subject & objective spirit
aleatory
ecriture
Schizophrenic aesthetics
cyberpunk
inveterate
– Science, technology, business, art, religion & politics, all subservient to the Global Market!
Follow local/historic culture
Forget about economic migration
Longing to escape into the real
Reading Vs. Watching
Futuristic morality
29.9.18
– Political culture
&
Cultural politics
– Why can’t you do “cutting-edge work”, serving the not-rich, from a second or third tier organization?!
Why do you (believe that you always) have to be working in a premier, corporate system with/for the powerful, in order to do radical/progressive stuff??
BEWARE of falling into the default careerist mode!
Career stages (new praxis):
Early – equip yourself thoroughly in the area of aptitude (passion & ability) in a good/top institution
Middle – work in a good/top organization to gain expertise & reputation
Final – shift to a place, where you can improve, rather than fit into, the system… or go freelance!
Solid impact for ~30 years (age 30-60)! 👍🏽
– Nandi Hills trip:
Budget ~ Rs. 4,000
Distance ~ Rs. 250 km
Petrol ~ Rs. 600 (Rs. 74 per litre. Mileage ~ 30 kmpl)
Bike rental (CBR 250/Dominar/Duke 250 @ Wicked Ride) ~ Rs. 2,000 – 2,400 (including home delivery & pickup)
Food & miscellaneous ~ Rs. 500 – 1,000
– The spiritual/ethical/individual person MUST know how to enjoy life maximally without depending on (more) money!
1.10.18
– “I like you/can I touch you?” –> “Do you like me/wanna get close?”
– Super Sunday – my first biking trip (to Nandi hills) with Salome & co. (Vijayalaya, Yogesh, Viji)!
– sorrel
– The future depends on the middle class (bourgeoisie) – people like (you &) me!
Do we choose to emulate & imitate the capitalists, or are we gonna chart a new path, which would produce a better (human) world for everyone (especially the proletarian majority)……?
The unholy trinity of capitalism – money, career & family
So, what would be the alternative (apart from Father, Son & Holy Spirit of course)?
Body, vocation & community!?
I would rather fight the War (the chief problem/issue/challenge of each age – the only thing that matters more than everything else put together), and lose… than just win the battles……!
Educate education
Ethicize morality
Spiritualize religion
– Google Now updates in Tamil!
– Movies:
“Leave No Trace”
Compare with Salome & I in a global capitalist age – not there yet, in terms of radical critique & resistance……
PTSD ~ my depression/ressentiment
The interaction & overlap of the thinker/psychology and the philosophy/culture – discern!
Am I strong & wise enough to build my own home/identity/lifestyle – which would also serve as a shelter/guide to others around – as a robust response to these troubled times??
– Christ University ~ CU ~ see you! 😛
VoIP – voice over Internet protocol
Repression Vs. Incontinence
Who is Ivan Illich?
Deschooling Society!
– I think my spirituality (includes SFG ministry) of vocational guidance + contemplative lifestyle + self-education + body-focus is quite a solid response to (the ills of) contemporary global techno-capital…!
2.10.18
– Institutionalized assumptions!
Ideology as idolatrous thinking
Common sense & social virtue
The naturalization of the predominant & the legitimization of the prevalent
Man as unfolding process
Humanist radicalism
Nonsensical imaginations
A call to celebration
Responsible awareness
Manufacturing delusions of freedom
The overemployed & the counterproductive
invidious
Legally sanctioned needs
Artificial scarcity
autarky
accelarationist
Radicalizing revolution
Capitalized language
Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab Gab
Deepression
sedulous
High-rise slum
– In every adult, there is a child.
And in every man, there is a woman.
And those who fail to get in touch with these shadow-selves will inevitably become monsters!
3.10.18
– The demonization/criminalization of the poor
The different modes of poverty
The vernacular Vs. Education
Mother tongue – capitalized language!
Useful unemployment
Routinization, standardization, bureaucratization
Increasing aliveness
SC verdict on Sabarimala
“லூசு பொண்ணு” trope
cutesy
Google Authenticator
– In my efforts to live better, I must adopt an eclectic approach, and utilize ALL the diverse approaches & resources available – inward, relational & political; Eastern & Western; religious & secular; ancient & modern, etc.
– TV series:
“True Detective” (S02)
Ah! Finally, some entertainment which is not shitty.
Has all the elements of the human condition – confronting personal demons, relational struggles & structural problems
Will to power > moral deliberation > social adjustment (rightside up)
– Sharpening the saw – do you even know what that means?!
– Do you know how to type special characters like the “not equal to” sign (≠) on your device (Windows/Android/iOS)?
– Sublimewe – I think the trophy process of one (or two) should not be allowed to hijack the entire (or most of the) meeting for everyone.
– Be careful not to mark annual reminders in your calendar for events based on lunar, or other liturgical/regional, calendars.
– Distinguish:
Eid al-Adha
&
Eid al-Fitr
Muharram/Ashura – why fast on the (joyous/victorious) day of the Exodus?!
Ramadan
Hajj
– Idealist/utopian
Distinguish:
Pipe dream
&
Futuristic vision
Everyone, without exception, should have free & adequate food, clothing & shelter.
Work (paid employment) must be optional and <50% of total everyday life.
Family roles must be flexible and customized, rather than fixed universal prescriptions.
The question is, how can each of us (individually), and all of us (together), resist the dehumanizing forces from affecting me/us today, and find ways to change society/culture and work toward a better world?
– There are happy people and there are ethical people.
I must find a way to be both!
Is it possible to have strong views and get along with people?
Is that even desirable?
– How can I both despise and envy the same people?!
4.10.18
– What is lacking in my life is violent lust/real passion, and this is what is causing my depression.
Do I need to create my own “Fight Club”?
I cannot believe that anyone fully knows & loves me, nor do I really know/love anyone else!
How do you reanimate a zombie??
How do I destroy the world and still live?!
– I want to know why so many hate “Batman Vs Superman” (& “Man of Steel”), and make my voice heard on why I disagree.
Martha moment
5.10.18
– Spend ~ 1 hour in mindful breathing everyday (if you want to be sane!)
1 hour * 1 or 30 minutes * 2 or 15 minutes * 4
– Reflections on marriage:
1. We should have periodic free speech sessions when we can blabber, scold, rant, etc., without being taken too seriously, or getting triggered & reacting. The expression itself might act as catharsis and prevent more damaging resentments and grievances.
2. We have significant differences, so there are things we strongly dislike about each other, but we still do love/desire living together.
3. Each should continue working on oneself if we both are to have the capacity to face the tension & challenges between us.
– Mastery ~ freedom ~ joy
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