Month: May 2020

THINGS

7.5.20

– Maya, Inca, Aztec

8.5.20

– Human commonness (as distinct from “unity”)
incivilities
Man as political animal
Agonistic aptitude
The kindness of courage and the courage of kindness
The Shakers

– From Us-Vs-Them to WE!

– Judgment – critical evaluation, without hypocrisy, condemnation & unforgiveness
Healthy, responsible & creative persons
Inherent value & unrealized potential
civitas
The enthroned lamb
What civility is not… Relativism, likeability/niceness, evangelistic ploy, nationalism

9.5.20

– I suggest we set 2 lines:
1. The clear objective line between right & wrong which binding on all.
2. The grey subjective line which is up to each person/case to decide.
Ogling (“eye-groping”) is part of the latter…?
Trying to arrive at an arrangement that is fair to both the sexes… 🤔

– I think I’ve found the perfect beard for me! 😎

– API (Application Program Interface)
JOI

10.5.20

– What’s a bird without feathers?
What’s a feather without the bird?

– “Better off dead”!

11.5.20

– Iso-hair
mullet
wonk
harebrained
kleptocracy
marionette
Shambles + symbolic = shambolic

13.5.20

– videolovesyou

– I love you = I want to love (you & myself) better!

14.5.20

– Thunderstruck soundtrack for breathtakers video! 😉
Reza Aslan & “The Leftovers”

– COVID-19 pandemic-lockdown and the climate crisis – is Nature/GOD saving mankind through this calamity?!
Dolores – she’s actually trying to save mankind, not destroy it! Funny how both can look so similar……

15.5.20

– I am somewhat like the Laurie character in Leftovers
Psychotherapy ~ Christianity

– Family is everything
Vs.
There is no family

– nattering nabobs

MISCELLANEOUS

22.4.20

– spectate
Infra-ordinary; Super-ordinary
Our secret shame-lives
Celebrity culture

25.4.20

– The new norm

26.4.20

– I could’ve been a good (?great!) software engineer 😉

– Alien (distinguish from illegal!) weaponry

27.4.20

– IFCN ~myth-busting
Explainers
Pascha ~ Easter ~ Passover
Quasimodo geniti
Gamify ~ codify
“She’s a self-made man”

– Money Heist ~ OSM (Online Spiritual Meetings – my new venture) 😎
More about the inter-personal dynamics
Virtual fellowship

Westworld ~ OSM – the spiritual/software!
The wild, cruel reality of being human in a non-human world

– “NO! That can’t be (your/my) WhatsApp status, because (my/your) parents will see it!” 🙄

30.4.20

– Being human/spirituality/life ~ breathing and speaking body (flesh & blood) that also weeps and sweats!
Water, food & word
Eating, drinking & washing
Passion, cultivation & communication
Community existence, personal growth & world transformation

– TV series:
“Money Heist”

– Movies:
“The Invitation”
“Bridesmaids”
“Frightmare”
“Saw”
“Eye in the Sky”
“Cabin in the woods”
“Buddha.mov”
“Dosed”

1.5.20

– Bright Monday
kantor
Unlocking the Scriptures
Matthias – substitute apostle
Inter-faith prayer
osteria
Jiu Jitsu – winning, losing and learning
“Just doing!”
PAP – prospective adoptive parents

– Do keep “the work of an evangelist” also in your CV, Joe…!

– Growth = becoming (into) who you are!

2.5.20

– Believing is easy, thinking is more difficult.
That’s why we have more believers than thinkers – on both sides – “secular” or “religious”!

– NET2

4.5.20

– AFAP

– Stochastic theories of material failure
TOR/Onion
Theory of the end and end of theory
Risk managers

– The Great Commandment paraphrase:
“Love me as I love you!” – GOD to man
Correct?

5.5.20

– Fuck excuses! – Robert C. Solomon
Sensibilities, movements & schools
Reigning standards & powerful trends
Beeg! 😉
Individuality ~ eccentricity
The political person
The metaphysical passions
Inversive wisdom
Mere Vs. Real existence
Thrownness
“Little people”
Concerns & choices
Future shamans
HMA – heavy music awards!
Homo habilis
Af

– Capacity for suffering ~ transformative power
~ approximates/proportional to

– Dream:
Speaking with Rafael Nadal, about failure/loss, etc….!

6.5.20

– Melodic hardcore