23.3.19
– Why do I always have to see the faces of these fucking politicians on the front page of all the newspapers?!
– Who is Joy Bhattacharjya?
Business end
– Contemplative:
1. ~ 1 hour mindful breathing twice a week
2. ~ 15-30 minutes a day
3. Deep breath once every 15 minutes
4. Focused engagement when doing any task
– Mahaghatbandhan
JeM
Sleeper cells
lessor; lessee
mortgage
purview
FII – Foreign Institutional Investors
SoC – System on Chip
AR – Augmented Reality
Materials Science
“Shooting potent blanks”
Un(re)productive/subversive sex
“The soul is not in the body. The body is in the soul!”
Theropod
Dinosaur (non-avian)
clade
holotype
Jurassic extinction event
Reverse genetic engineering
Articulated fossils
Serrated teeth
braincase
Rocket propellant
missive
– What are the pros & cons of being a recluse?
24.3.19
– Why have I lost interest in playing video games?
– Secular saint
photo-bombing
Church of John Coltrane
Who is Douglas Lain?
Psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Metascience
Spiritualism & mediumship
Theurgy
Presentiment
Retrocausation
Noetic sciences
– I think I am no longer “qualified” to conduct retreats, etc.
Although spirituality still remains my field…!
– Welcome to the banquet!
It’s open for all to come, without exception…
– Lenten retreat @ Kalena Agrahara Church:
True conversion
Repentance > penance
Personality assassination
Yoke of oppression ~ pointing fingers ~ speaking falsely
Offending God ~ hurting ourselves ~ neglecting others
Lenten renewal Vs. Spiritual suicide
Renounce & return
Sin ~ turning one’s back on GOD
Decentred/cut off from the source
What is hindering your prayers from being answered?
Blindness to one’s own evil – denial/defensiveness
Do you seriously/sincerely feel remorse for your wickedness?
Act of contrition – knowing, feeling & deciding
The tearful confessions of the abusive husband
Giving up knowledge, in order to become wise
The root problem is NOT the blunder, but the refusal to accept one’s responsibility for it and take corrective measures
The attitude of second-class citizens
Unrepentant attitude > disobedient conduct
STOP trying to cover up your guilt/shame
Do you ACCEPT that this thing in you is SIN??
Can prosperity be enjoyed without the danger of complacency?
What is keeping you from being transformed by Grace?
Salvation >> conversion >> salvation >> conversion >> salvation >>
Why are you not able to recognize, & enter into, the Kingdom of Heaven which is at hand??
Moving one from one sin to another, ad nauseum……….
– “Come to the banquet, there’s a place for you”
“O sacrament most holy, O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving,
Be every moment thine!”
– A well-balanced routine throughout the year is better than having periods of busyness alternating with vacations!
– The spirit-world/Quantum reality – BEYOND time & space, life & death, energy & material, self & other…
– The point is NOT about avoiding mistakes, or never getting upset or preventing relational strain.
It’s about learning from, overcoming, & growing THROUGH, them!
– Nurture BOTH the devotional AND the critical attitudes!
The sacred mystery of suffering
– My sin – too easily finding fault with others and too hard to see my own blemishes
25.3.19
– Movies:
Drive
Compare with “Baby Driver” – this is a darker/mature version
The good guy is capable of greater tact, toughness, aggression & violence, than the baddest villain!
Drive – noun; verb
Distinguish:
Relational love
&
Fantasies of sacrifice
– TV series:
The Punisher (S01 E01) – cool
Bodyguard (S01 E01) – awesome!
Sherlock (S01 E01) – super
– Sobhita Dhulipala
Deathpop
26.3.19
– cold-call
– St. Joseph – husband of Mary & Guardian of Jesus
Hazrat Ali
Distinguish Shia & Sunni nations – Sunna Vs. Ayotallas
GOD’S will – desiderative & decretive
– March 20, 2019 – Erev Purim, International Day of Happiness & Holika Dahana!
27.3.19
– Hey Joe! When did you start asking yourself, “Is it okay to lie (in this matter)?”!!!
– India – the way forward:
1. Policy changes to address lacunae in governance
2. Political will to take on the major offenders – corrupt politicians/parties, large corporations/entrepreneurs, etc.
3. Grassroots movement for spiritual/cultural renewal
– Let’s see how long you can watch, without touching……!
Porn
Vs.
Hookups
– Lok Sabha poll tracker
Special Expenditure Observer of the EC
Art sleuth
NYAY scheme
28.3.19
– AVR – armed response vehicle
IRL – in real life
NPR
– 3 levels/elements of film-making:
1. Narrative development (plot/events/choices)
2. Character study (personal/existential)
3. Flow of consciousness/moods/ideals (of the creator)
Moving from basic to advanced.
Life/GOD/reality (3) > situation (1) + individual (2)!
– Inspire + expire = breathing ~ Passion + death = living!
– EST: IST – 10.5 hours
MCC – Marylebone Cricket Club – guardian of the laws/spirit of the game
– Feel sorry for the committed spouse,
Feel sorry for the celibate bachelor,
Feel sorry for the promiscuous players.
How about 33% of each combined to form a whole……!? 😜
29.3.19
– Performance philosophy
“As One: Non-philosophy explained to philosophers”
Self-belonging, self-creation & self-overcoming
Hamann-Jacobi & Felix Ravaisson
– Explanans & explanandum
Petitio principii
Tu quoque
– I am a Non-philosopher
1.4.19
– Net run rate
2.4.19
– Theology + politics = ethics
– I’m an apologist for evil! 😈
– The self-determination of GOD
3.4.19
– Bhuna chicken
4.4.19
– Expressing the intuitive:
Verbal (articulation in speech/writing), artistic (drawing, etc.), performative (body movements, etc.)
– Indian lesbians, having steamy fun 😉
5.4.19
– Gregory Palamas
– Movies:
“A Vigilante”
– TV series:
“Bodyguard”
– festooned
malapropism
Family, friends & neighbors
Ugadi; Gudi padwa; Chaitra Sukhladi
aura
patina
SRSP – spiritual, religious, supernatural & paranormal
Soft swap
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