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Neil Strauss – Emotional incest & sexual addiction

via Neil Strauss – Cheaters, Sex Addicts

Subtle abuse

Family dynamics

Attachment theory

I know and accept that I am psychologically unhealthy/damaged. And my current emotional problems and sexual behavior are linked to my early childhood in some way. But I also believe that there is much more to this (who I am today) than just psychology (personal philosophy, cultural context, etc.)!

How was I parented? –> how I relate to significant others in my life (especially the opposite sex – spouse, etc.) –> how I parent another (ministry, children, etc.)

Is my intellectual predisposition actually a symptom of my emotional retardation/relational avoidance?

Avoidance in addicts and addiction in avoidants

Become the kind of person you want to date

Childhood resilience!

Criminal negligence of self!

(I only listened to the talk, not the discussion)

“Hard to be a God” (2013) film review – 3/5 or 4/5 or…? 😥😷

I watched the entire movie, or did I? 

What’s the use of paying attention to nothing? 

My take is more of a Christology/Anthropology – it’s hard to be human/messiah. In short, it’s hard to be ME 😈

Incarnation is crucifixion is resurrection is salvation! What the fuck?? No, this can’t be! It must not be! There must be something more………. 

After the movie, I watched a raw full chicken being mounted on a grill, & a woman squirting in her orgasm…… So, is this Earth or Arkanar? 

Is it possible to rate an experience (like a movie) highly even if you hated going through it? Yes, but only if you believed that you gained something (spiritual/moral/intellectual) out of it… 

I enjoyed reading/watching all those reviews (around 10!) even more than the film itself! So, does that mean that it was good (or even a great), then?? The film would have been an utter waste of my time, if not for the analysis/insight that came later. Really? Isn’t that how life itself is? 

Compare with my recent watching of “The Tempest” – Prospero ~ Don Rumata – along with the Intro. to Auden’s commentary on it. 

Is everyone who rates anything, automatically a critic? 

Compare this with futurist techno-dystopias. Is that any better? 

Identify the important moments to get some ideas about the meaning of the whole – the first scene, the prologue, the title scene, the cuts (blank gaps) between sections, the thematic/philosophical lines, the epilogue, & last scene. 

Wasn’t the Middle Ages the period when the Church (Christianity?) was at the peak of (political) power?! 

Pieter Brueghel 

Hieronymous Bosch

Holy Hell 

Stygian chiaroscuro

Trepan

Garotte 

Review & trailer

YouTube review

Novel

Bible verse of the day 

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10 NET

http://bible.com/107/rom.13.10.NET

What does “neighboring” mean, in a technical/theological way? 

Compare & relate:

Law of love

&

Law of liberty

Law as principle of reality or foundation of nature, as opposed to arbitrarily & violently imposed rules. 

“Do your neighbor no wrong” could be the summary of the whole Law!? 

I remember the (TV series) conversation between the kid Louie and his mother, in the car, about the (probable) nonexistence of GOD & the importance of morality (nonetheless)… 

Along with “love”, the other key words in Christian theology are live, believe & work. Match these 4 verbs with these 4 nouns – other, self, GOD & world – and you get an entire philosophy of being human! 

All the financial advice you’ll ever need fits on a single index card – YouTube

Video
WOW! 👍😀

But I am still not convinced about the ethicality of investing in the stock market, real estate, commodities, etc. through instruments like mutual funds… 

I want to be a good financial manager without succumbing to the hegemony of capitalism. Now that is a worthy challenge for someone who talks a lot about conviction! 

Prudence (selfish?) 

Vs. 

Wisdom (social responsibility) 

I think what is missing here might be a concrete community of mutual support – the Church!