Stuff

17.7.14

Readings:
“The Sexually Promiscuous Male” by Benjamin Morse (up to Chapter 2)
“Creative Confidence” by Tom & David Kelly (YouTube)

19.7.14

Anonymous friend

NSA

NSFW

Basic matrix – egolessness (bliss)
Foreground – teleological effort (discipline)
Background – basic instinct (indulgence)
1 > 2 > 3 – importance & chronological
1=> 2 => 3 – ontological & logical

18.7.14
– Sex-positive culture
– Run away
Wander
Roam
Relax

19.7.14
– If you follow the alternate day rhythm, then what happens to the weekly Sabbath (Sunday)?
If Saturday was a freak day, then Monday will be work day, & if Saturday was a work day, then Monday will be freak day.
The freak day is not a complete Sabbath. Only the 4 hour fixed study period is supended for extra-curricular stuff – maybe a movie & 2 hours of self-learning.
– I want to run away, I want to stay.
I want to be free, I want to be safe.
I want stability, I want excitement.
I want variety, I want consistency.
I want novelty, I want familiarity.
I want challenge, I want malaise.
I want chaos, I want order.
I want to feel good, I want to be right.
I want to go crazy, I want to become sane.
I want to indulge, I want to serve.
I want, I want, I want,
I don’t want, I don’t want, I don’t want……
I like, I like, I like,
I don’t like, I don’t like, I don’t like……
I love, I love, I love,
I hate, I hate, I hate……
Yes, yes, yes,
I, I, I,
No, No, No!
– 1. Abide in the Always Already (being/apocalyptic/religious/mystical/know/live)
2. Seek the Kingdom (becoming/eschatological/ethical/social/ought/love)
3. Just express it! (doing/instinctive/aesthetic/private/want/fuck)

20.7.14
– I am the Dark Knight by day & Bruce Wayne by night!
– Movies:
Intimacy
Bound

Words

25.3.14

– Renaming ‘lust’ – whatever happened to ‘passion’?!

– “Aankhon Dekhi”

Flying or falling?

Philosophy – the contemplation of freedom in the light of death, & vice versa.

Finitude & creativity

Imagination & inquiry

NOT afraid to make a fool of myself!

Bringing that something extra-special – a vital nuisance – to those I live with!

Being consistent, no matter what the cost……

– “The Third Testament for the Third Millennium.”

– naff

– “lobbyist briefings dressed up as scientific research”

– Detritus

– Conviction without certainty

– Re-enchantment without supernaturalism

– Empathy & rage

– Desire without cruelty can never be called ‘lust’!

– Inter-religious theology

Wow!  🙂

– Interlopers

– Subtext

– Parvenu

– Authoritative commentary

Expository explanation

– Dharma – cosmic, moral & social order

– Hymns, proverbs & parables to doctrine, philosophy & ethics

– Metaphysical ~ spiritual ~ divine

– ALL revelation is both natural & supernatural!

– Karma (ritual), jnana (knowledge) & dharma (morality)

– Cosmos, matter & consciousness

Self, man & GOD

– Dvaita, Visishtadvaita & Advaita

– Indenture

– Exposé

– Fructuous

– Riposte

– Space law

– Warrior-saint

– Logophilia

Post-liberal, post-evangelical, post-theist, post-Christian, post-secular – can I be all at once?!

Realism/crisis & idealism/irony

Free, open-ended enquiry, autonomous value judgments & openness to divergent views

Contemporary credibility

Meaning + purpose = value
Ultimate orientation

Nihilism is ALSO a way of making sense of things!

The interaction of religion, culture & personality in (dynamically influencing & determining) one’s faith is fascinating!

Philosophy is basically our attempt to face & cope with the contradictions (intellectual), tensions (existential) & conflicts (relational) common to the human condition. And theology is doing this with reference to a transcendental/eternal/ultimate framework…

Self-centredness & the impersonal universe

Intentionality, improvisation & inter-dependence

Green governance
Environmental rights

Words

7.3.14

Should we read something very heavy/dense together, & then & there struggle through it?

8.3.14

Thoughts on life, love & lust…

Philosophy, sexuality & relationships

Sex – intimacy, pleasure & reproduction

The unanticipated & surprising rewards of theorizing about anything & everything!

Seduction as ‘nonviolent rape’

Conceptual analysis (~ phenomenology, etc.)
Vs.
Normative philosophy (~ ethics, etc.)

Reflect
Vs.
Reflex

Impulse, desire & act

Uncontrollable, involuntary, wild, dangerous!

Fear >> delusion, anxiety, obsession & aggression

Coercive/manipulative/deceptive offers

Demonising >> divinising >> humanising sex!

Slink

Commitment – permanence, exclusivity & dignity

Seeking a morally virtuous (& sensually passionate?) sexuality

Intrinsic value
Vs.
Instrumental value

Russel Vannoy

Is it possible/desirable to be passionate (spiritual/psychological) without being sensual (physical/sexual)?

Irving Singer
Jean Hampton

Can anything that is nonviolent be (termed as) evil?

Distinguish:
Sin (religious/theological)
&
Immorality (social/personal)

Is there an innate (though latent/suppressed) animal dimension to human nature?

Supererogatory stuff