Kierkegård is fantastic. Thanks for reading him outside of the church building. How refreshing. I don't consider myself a christian because of my own dismay of religious structure, but your video is GREAT!
eflesher, I stood up next to a homeless man in harvard square last week, and, because i had no money with which to by him food or way of providing him with shelter, i shared with him the gospel, "Blessed are the poor..." Soon, another homeless stranger walked up smoking a cigarette and started to listen. People walking by did not turn away, but rather, stared dumbfounded. Try entertaining a stranger. Maybe you should watch Pink Floyd's the Wall to get a better idea of what you're talking about.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and "Shambala" won't be either. Despite all the criticism so characteristic of literary critics, etc. (as evidenced below), I commend you for trying to keep people in the loop about the important bridge between existentialism and spirituality. Kudos!
Yeah, let's have open dialogue in the streets where people feel most vulnerable, and in that they will put up their defenses and utilize their egos in order to preserve their image. No way does any discussion of any weight need to be done in the heat of the moment where emotion will dictate the flow of dialogue. Wild enthusiasm is a plague of any discussion. If you go in without the consideration of the other and swinging the olive branch of peace you will see someone put their walls up.
The way he reads mechanically tells us he doesn't understand what's behind the symbol each word represents. Ronald also shows a very, very strong ego. In other words: he identifies himself with his physical body. This means he won't be able to understand Kierkegaard's Self.
Anyway: I would suggest Rev. Ronald to calm down, relax, and to try to enjoy spiritual life from within - apart of that body of his.
Yeah Nietzcshe talks about how his sickness deepened him, though not improving him. Hard to know what his real view was on sickness, as he's so self-contradicting but if his view of Parsifal's anything to go by we can take it that you're right about the decadence point. And that makes Nietzsche plain wrong, a damn superficial aspiritual dunce.
I think physical sickness does loosen the grip of everydayness (to put it in Heideggerean terms). But if someone suffers a chronic illness, it seems to me that the redeeming and trans-formative powers of that sickness would be mollified. Moreover, if someone suffered from a terminal illness, the sickness could be more destructive than
liberating: one questions or turns against God, instead of turning to God. Perhaps, you are referring to a passing illness?
Kierkegård is fantastic. Thanks for reading him outside of the church building. How refreshing. I don't consider myself a christian because of my own dismay of religious structure, but your video is GREAT!
sejd51 2 weeks ago
eflesher, I stood up next to a homeless man in harvard square last week, and, because i had no money with which to by him food or way of providing him with shelter, i shared with him the gospel, "Blessed are the poor..." Soon, another homeless stranger walked up smoking a cigarette and started to listen. People walking by did not turn away, but rather, stared dumbfounded. Try entertaining a stranger. Maybe you should watch Pink Floyd's the Wall to get a better idea of what you're talking about.
bhima2001 1 year ago
Rome wasn't built in a day, and "Shambala" won't be either. Despite all the criticism so characteristic of literary critics, etc. (as evidenced below), I commend you for trying to keep people in the loop about the important bridge between existentialism and spirituality. Kudos!
Kristianssand 1 year ago
Yeah, let's have open dialogue in the streets where people feel most vulnerable, and in that they will put up their defenses and utilize their egos in order to preserve their image. No way does any discussion of any weight need to be done in the heat of the moment where emotion will dictate the flow of dialogue. Wild enthusiasm is a plague of any discussion. If you go in without the consideration of the other and swinging the olive branch of peace you will see someone put their walls up.
ejflesher 1 year ago
kierkegaard was a fool
mrfatd 1 year ago
@mrfatd why?
tattleboad 10 months ago
The way he reads mechanically tells us he doesn't understand what's behind the symbol each word represents. Ronald also shows a very, very strong ego. In other words: he identifies himself with his physical body. This means he won't be able to understand Kierkegaard's Self.
Anyway: I would suggest Rev. Ronald to calm down, relax, and to try to enjoy spiritual life from within - apart of that body of his.
DeInnerlijkeMens 1 year ago
Kierkegaard is the true Christian...
...unlike Catholicism.
treid100182 2 years ago
Kierkegaard is the true Christian, unlike any Christian scamming organization.
SciNonymous10 2 years ago
I don't know anything about philosophy, but I liked what you said, or, what gentleman you quoted said! :)
FleshMob 2 years ago
hehe
jarl11 3 years ago
this is exactly what nietzsche meant by 'decadense'
mrfatd 3 years ago
Look up what Nietzsche said about "agon" (Greek: "struggle") and you will find a lot of similarities.
richieneels117 3 years ago
Yeah Nietzcshe talks about how his sickness deepened him, though not improving him. Hard to know what his real view was on sickness, as he's so self-contradicting but if his view of Parsifal's anything to go by we can take it that you're right about the decadence point. And that makes Nietzsche plain wrong, a damn superficial aspiritual dunce.
zootsoot2006 2 years ago
@mrfatd
amen.
zer010011010ne 1 year ago
I think physical sickness does loosen the grip of everydayness (to put it in Heideggerean terms). But if someone suffers a chronic illness, it seems to me that the redeeming and trans-formative powers of that sickness would be mollified. Moreover, if someone suffered from a terminal illness, the sickness could be more destructive than
liberating: one questions or turns against God, instead of turning to God. Perhaps, you are referring to a passing illness?
Newton1692 3 years ago