26.4.14
– Food is to be eaten (tasted, chewed, swallowed & digested) in balanced/moderate quantities at regular intervals, not just to be accumulated on a plate and stared at!
– Looking at our past experiences (especially negative ones) as a rich resource to deal with the present & future!
Equipped & strengthened by difficulties & challenges…
– The Lord is our healer.
But how?!
Inner resources & external support
28.4.14
– Movies: J. Edgar
“What determines our legacy is often the things that are not seen.”
All in the name of ‘national security’ ~ ‘Kingdom of GOD’ ~ ‘Social justice’…
Unamerican ~ unchristian ~ immoral ~ inhuman
A small man who achieved great things in the world & a great man who achieved nothing much in the world – which one would you rather be?
How far would you go to keep your skeletons in the closet & preserve the public persona?
– NRI philanthropists
– Subtly coerced & unwittingly coopted!
– Homophobia ~ xenophobia
– Theology of eros
Feminist movement
Sexual revolution
– How can I miss someone whom I don’t even know?!
– Burnish
Vs.
Brandish
– Filial trust
– Overcoming the conflict between desire, conscience & will, through the power of faith, hope & love!
– Hope is the source of all courage!
How can disappointment be kept from becoming despair?
– Psychological hygiene
– Movies:
Total Eclipse
29.4.14
– The next stage (of my Journey) begins!
– My heart is heavy with an idea… A plan!
– You can’t have both freedom and security, Joe!
– Marriage, individualism & spirituality
– Personal retreat
Family obligations
Ministry responsibilities
– The grass is always greener on the other side and yellower on this side…
– Loneliness, poverty & addiction
Vs.
Family, wealth & responsibility
Company & inner frustration.
Material well-being & spiritual poverty.
Social acceptance & individual bondage.
– What have we achieved so far with all our responsible, consistent & committed behaviour??
– A new social order born out of coordinated spontaneity, instead of a fixed structure/system!
– Is it possible to be great/revolutionary without being insane/monstrous?
– What is the difference between sacrificial and suicidal?
– The call of Solitude
– Salvation IS the headlong pursuit of the ideal/dream!
– Freeing biology & psychology from culture & morality!
– Marriage, family, nation & religion are NOT eternal!
– Abnormalcy
– Purpose
Vs.
Passion
– Hexagram
– Do you believe in magic, ghosts & astrology?
– Semi-marriage
– Church-worship – only on special/feast/holy days.
1.5.14
– The theodicy of Job – GOD punishes his defenders & vindicates his attacker!
– I think the optimal balance between system & spontaneity could be around 50-50 (including vacation)!
3 kinds of days:
1. Extreme system
2. Extreme spontaneity
3. Moderation
– Coupling insight & initiative
– Can one be both cynical & idealistic?
– Was Jesus a Cynic/Socratic?
– “Fail better”!
– What is black film?
– Faith without deeds is dead
Vs.
Mercy triumphs over judgment
– The royal law of love ~ the perfect law of liberty
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