Love Is Love Is Love Is . . . Cut the Mike

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/opinion/mormon-girl-gay-speech-utah.html?referer=

This could have happened in a Christian (Protestant or Catholic) church as well…! How about mainline/liberal churches like the Anglican/Episcopal? 

Has GOD commanded me to find & follow “my truth”? What does it mean to be true to myself and also be a faithful Christian? Does one have to choose between the two sometimes? 

What does the “law of love/liberty” mean when it comes to clear violations of a code of conduct? 

Specially Pakistan

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/specially-pakistan-cricket-champions-trophy-final-india-4712242/

It is especially difficult for me as an Indian supporter to see the final as Pakistan’s brilliance rather than India’s lethargy. 

I must learn to watch sports with less partisanship. I switched the channel once the top 4 Indian batsmen were dismissed cheaply! By doing so, I missed enjoying live the fireworks of Panda…… 

Is it possible to be an Indian fan and still be a good student of the game? 

Is it possible to be a patriotic Indian and still be a good global citizen? Isn’t being both, the only way to be any one…!? 

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