Eternal 0 Scriptures – 3 – (John , Derrida , Mark , Nietzsche , Ramana Maharshi) : Turning , Following , Looking , Destined , Love , See , Hospitality/Name/Deconstruction , Trees , Interpretation , Self , Thirsty/Drink/Water/Flow

Turning around Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What do you want?’ … ‘What are you looking for?’ … ‘What are you seeking?’ … ‘What are you after?’ … ‘Mah tevakkeshun’ …        (John 1:38)

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the task, the mission to which one is destined (always by the other), the commitment, the duty, the debt, the responsibility … the bond and the love which seal the marriage between the author of the ‘original’ and his own language. (Derrida)

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They said, ‘Rabbi’ (which means teacher), ‘where are you staying.’ ‘Come,’ he replied ‘ and you will see.’ (John 1:39)

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Hospitality — this is a name or an example of deconstruction.  (Derrida)

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He looked up and said, ‘I see people; they look like trees walking around.’

And he looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.”

And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.

And he looked up and said, I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking.

The man looked up and said, “I see people. They look like trees, only they are walking around.”

He looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like walking trees.”

And he looked up, and said, I see men: for I see them walking like trees.

And looking, he said, I see men; I see that they walk as trees.

(Mark 8:24)

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“Everything is subjective,” you say; but even this is interpretation. The subject is not something given, it is a superadded invention, stuck on to the tail. (Nietzsche)

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There is no duality. Your present knowledge is due to the ego and is only relative. Relative knowledge requires a subject and an object, whereas the awareness of the Self is absolute and requires no object. (Ramana Maharshi)

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 Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ (John 7:37-38)

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DERRIDA FOOTNOTES :

“Hospitality must wait and not wait. It is what must await and still not wait, extend and stretch itself and still stand and hold itself in the awaiting and the non-awaiting. Intentionality and non-intentionality, attention and inattention. Tending and stretching itself between the tending and the not-tending or the not-tending-itself, not to extend this or that, or oneself to the other. It must await and expect itself to receive the stranger … gather all these words, all these values, all these significations (to tend and extend, to extend oneself, attention, intention, holding, withholding …” …

“To wait without waiting, awaiting absolute surprise, the unexpected visitor, awaited without a horizon of expectation … the messianic as hospitality … the madness of hospitality…” …

“to be hospitable is to let oneself be overtaken, to be ready to not be ready…” …

“… hospitality must wait, extend itself toward the other, extend to the other the gifts, the site, the shelter and the cover; it must be ready to welcome, to host and shelter, to give shelter and cover…” …

” … like a piece in a borderless fiction, neither public nor private, with and without a general narrator.” …

(Jacques Derrida)

Eternal 0 Scriptures – 2- (Genesis , Tao Te Ching , John , Derrida) : male and female , in your arms , advanced before me , time , death of me

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  (Genesis 1:27)

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Know the male, yet keep to the female: receive the world in your arms.   (Tao Te Ching)

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‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ‘He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.]’   (John 1:15)

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There is a time for being ahead, a time for being behind; a time for being in motion, a time for being at rest; a time for being vigorous, a time for being exhausted ; a time for being safe, a time for being in danger. (Tao Te Ching)

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producing these remains and therefore the witnesses of my radical absence, to live today — here and now, this death of me   (Derrida)

# 43 : “notes” … (dwelling)

it’s coming soon. this knights of the templar allegory , metaphorical/metaphysical framework , unhinged, vibrating, sliding, (to accommodate the ghostly pilgrims) , round tables, curly locks, but “you/we” can get out , escape/enter …

that was “there” and then erase, trace , withdraw , exercise/exorcise , follow …

from : these are just “notes” , the phone conversation that just occurred allowing “me” to remember/echo (“myself”) the lack of substance , the language we are born into , the impossible pronouns of that language that points us to the door, locks the door etc. keys to the abyss, jinn metaphors, all of the language games , the importance of forgetting and then the lucid desire, the desire to be/become lucid …

to sit around that round table and breath and look , watch, watching, witness , but also inside of ego (multiple) , that illusory fragment-being that allows us to say so/too much , and yet one/One can also receive, that’s because of grace and a few other signifiers (mystical/metaphor) …

the “uncertainty principle” , the eternal return, the death drive, stages on life’s way, Sisyphus happy , Kierkegaard, Camus,  Dionysus, Goethe , renaissance , Burkhardt, Nietzsche , (Cosima) Wagner, Mahler, Debussy, Mallarme, Hesse, Heine, Ovid, Lao Tzu , Mao, Eliot, Pound , Ashbery , Moses, Jesus, invocations …

if “we” can/will return to the “Chinese” man’s love for Moses …

or the teenager’s suicide attempt (and confessions) …

or “Levey” (this other guy who was there for a little while) …

the twins:  (Jewish) brothers (Eros and Thanatos?) …

the (almost) silent wise-woman, reader of palms …

the phone call : this disembodied voice speaks of the jinn and the illusion of the slaves attempt to master the master , the (illusory) beings and Being , the deconstruction of language, the deconstruction always already inside language, between/beyond overcoming, undergoing, overwhelming …

all of that came from “me” (and yet there was/is really no separation)

irreducible

breath, wind , pneuma

friendship

dwelling

Eternal 0 Scriptures – 1 – (Mathew , Derrida , John , Bhagavad Gita) : Let it be so now , the need for figuration , dwelling among us , easy/justified , Grace/Light/Faith

Jesus replied, ‘Let it be so now’ , But Jesus replied to him, ‘Permit it just now’ , However, Yeshua answered him, “Let it be this way now” , Jesus answered, “For now this is how it should be” , But having responded, Jesus said to him, “Permit it at this time” , Then Jesus answering, said to him, ‘Let be now’ , Jesus answered him, “This is the way it has to be now” , Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now” (Mathew 3:15)

of language to itself and to meaning, and so forth, it also tells of the need for figuration , for myth, for tropes, for twists and turns (Derrida)

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. The Word became flesh and made his home among us. (John 1:14)

It would be easy and up to a certain point justified to see there the translation of a system in deconstruction. (Derrida)

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By thy grace I remember my Light, and now gone is my delusion. My doubts are no more, my faith is firm; and now I can say ‘Thy will be done’. (Bhagavad Gita)

# 42

it comes to you and it doesn’t quite come to you. we can deconstruct the individual words and phrases and perform diaphragmatic breathing in the translation from language to language, from a language “inside” of itself, as otherness (speaking) , that’s to be public and otherwise , the scene and what is invisible (impossible).

you’re expected to “bring something” and allow something to be “taken away”. where/how to do/find your voice in all of this camouflage? that’s an indifferent gesture within and beyond the Upanishads.

the idea was to break up the name. that is this blog. take the constituent parts , the heap of salvage, and place them in honor of places, placement.

something told us it was “time” to do this now. and yet we knew that the “we” was impossible. and I knew that the “I” was impossible. I sat before the Bible this morning and it seemed that the spirit was editing, reading as a very fine/wise editor, a shape-shifter (?) , a question mark , regarding what was proper and what was incalculable , unreadable, to be redeemed. redemption as a form of “reading and writing” , on mountain tops, wisdom brought to “us” through/by a translation of Nietzsche . but after global travels and previous incarnations we look down and see that one translation is available and not another.

the editors and the translators: we eat the word of God, we digest and metabolize the word of God, this is the nothing/everything , this is the inside/outside of the text, this is the impossible and the forbidden (as command) , this is the language and the deferral of meaning, the spiritual key, unpicking the lock, the chain, the abyss, the keys to the abyss, the angel, the ominous/laughable, the excerpted, the incision, the fragment/whole.

in short, we will never know. “nonknowledge” is the order of the day/moment. the idiom is misunderstood.

there is more work/play to do.

if one consider Northrop Frye’s reading of the Bible and the blood and the ram and the mountains …

then, beyond/between any singular reading, invoking and opening “intertext” and revolutions and the beginnings of movement

Scriptures 2015 – 14 – (William Blake , Carl Jung , Jacques Derrida , Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj , 1 Kings , Hebrews , Chandogya Upanishad) : Breathing , devote yourself , attentively and carefully , Nothing , beyond the ‘I am’ , immensity of light and love , Clarity , Encourage , Dream , Grace , dwells within the heart

The Lilly of the valley, breathing in the humble grass

(William Blake)

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Spare no effort to devote yourself to this task, follow the subsequent transformations of the spontaneous fantasy attentively and carefully.

(Carl Jung)

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Nothing but the many-faceted multiplicity of a lustre which itself is nothing beyond its own fragmented light. Nothing but the idea which is nothing.

(Jacques Derrida)

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Who am I to teach and whom? What I am, you are, and what you are — I am. The ‘I am’ is common to us all; beyond the ‘I am’ there is the immensity of light and love. We do not see it because we look elsewhere; I can only point at the sky; seeing of the star is your own work. Some take more time before they see the star, some take less; it depends on the clarity of their vision and their earnestness in search. These two must be their own — I can only encourage.

(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

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And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

(1 Kings 3:15)

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See to it that no one fail to obtain the grace of God

(Hebrews 12:15)

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The little space within the heart is as great as this vast universe. the heavens and the earth are there, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars; fire and lightning and winds are there; and all that now is and all that is not: for the whole universe is in Him and He dwells within our heart.

(The Chandogya Upanishad)

Scriptures 2015 – 13 – (Wilhelm Reich , Jacques Derrida , 1 Corinthians , Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj , Bhagavad Gita) : Processes , without beginning or end , without content and without edge , without boundary or frame , bring to nothing things that are , Presence of God , absolute in you , absolute beyond you , earnestness , ever in harmony , Love , Yoga of vision , Come

When it was established that the tension-charge formula was valid for all involuntary functions of living substance, one was prompted to ask whether it was also applicable to processes in non-living matter.

(Wilhelm Reich)

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And it is without beginning, or end, without content and without edge. There is only content without edge — without boundary or frame — and there is only edge without content.

(Jacques Derrida)

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God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.

 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are

(1 Corinthians 1:28)

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It is the absolute in you that takes you to the absolute beyond you — absolute truth, love selflessness are the decisive factors in self-realization. With earnestness these can be reached.

(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

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To those who are ever in harmony, and who worship me with their love, I give them the Yoga of vision and with this they come to me.

(Bhagavad Gita 10:10)

# 41 ( “About” )

it’s all there, somewhere. this is an announcement concerning rhythms, again. there’s a couple of pages of notes left that i haven’t transcribed to the blog yet. what does it matter? these “notes” identify the music most recently recorded (a month ago?) as background to the readings of these blog entries (see bottom of page). well, the accidental/fated “libation” spilled onto Olympus. yes, Olympus, that excellent digital voice recorder that i was able to use for a short time. well, i bought it for a very good price (40$) and i was able to record many fated/sacred hours. an important purpose was served. the sound quality is excellent. the recordings were transferred to my computer before the sacred/accidental libations spilled and so one can be “happy” with that.

maybe i don’t write enough on this blog but it’s obvious that i don’t have anything important to say 🙂

i mainly focus on the writings of “others”. “others” in the sense of language belonging to no one. thus another gesture of the deconstruction of self/other. but this “otherness” work/play that i engage in , a particular style of relating to texts, to fragments, to “readings” , to “spiritual” traditions outside/inside of my control. not to be “controlled” in that they are impossible to “pin down” .. and so they float, they float as constellations, sequential and otherwise, fragments exalted to disseminate other meanings , the deferral of any final meanings, or even temporary meanings (perhaps) in that i write so very little in terms of explaining this project. like this recent “about” that i presented (https://markforshee1.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/40-reading-doing-justice-creatingfollowing-space-psychoanalytic-rhythms-accidentfate-redemption-gateway-moment/). again, like the “Wyrd Rhythm” paragraph, its a matter of writing through sudden inspiration that propels the “Self propelling wheel”.

the Bible verses have always been included, going back to (and throughout) the 2013 Scriptures. their inclusion is something of a recorded testament of my attempts to “read” the Bible in light of other voices, voices which may help the Biblical lines to speak with greater clarity. i say “greater clarity” as something of an ironic gesture and yet the entire work/play is very sincere and well motivated. it’s a different kind of hermeneutic style/strategy which allows the eternal to shine through, thus providing more light. there is “darkness” too of course but this is a necessary contrast to provide the revelation of Being. we already “know” this and yet it seems we need continual reminders. who are “we”. oh well, among other identities, the “we” may be the legion of ego’s which seek/accomplish possession of the “human subject” before (in the process of) the never ending deconstruction of the human subject.

it’s this that reveals the curious project of allowing for empathic relations between advaita and deconstruction and Bible. this can never be rigorous and yet it is. “I” am not even “doing it”. these texts crawl up to “me” , my conscious/unconscious , they emerge, appear. there is no trace of struggle involved. there is careful reading involved, here and there. there is also spontaneous appearances, where the lines leap off of the page in generous offerings. “I” suppose “we” can say , once again, that a certain “rhythm” (multiple rhythms) takes place. it’s a dance. these dancing lines. they are massaged or kissed lightly/deeply — always with Love.

the “individual” quotations are, and are not, the point. the reader takes away and puts inside according to psychic principles impossible to fully fathom. this is as it should be. i hear these quotation fragments speaking/singing to each other, with each other,  responding , anticipating, agreeing, receiving, echoing and giving something additional “back” which takes “us” deeper, lighter, further/closer — always “better”. this text of texts is open.

the entries will continue.

so, here’s that list of composers/music :

Beethoven : Missa

Cage : music of changes, 1st & 3rd construction, 13 harmony,

Verese : Poem Electroniqe

Mahler : 8th Symphony

Eno : Drums between the Bells, After the Heat, Thursday Afternoon

Mozart : Figaro

Liszt : Annes de Pelirenege

Stravinsky : Symphony of Psalms

Debussy : Pelleas et Melisande

Bach :Mass

Ravi Shankar : Raga Charukauns

Scriptures 2015 – 12 – (William Blake , Wilhelm Reich , Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj , I Chronicles , Colossians , Ephesians , Jacques Derrida , Bhagavad Gita) : Emanating , Direct Impression , Express , Perceive , Ease and Joy , Deep Peace , Abundant Energy , House , Dwell , Fullness , Love , God , Endlessly Returning , Inner Vision

Jesus is surrounded by Beams of Glory in which are seen all around him Infants emanating from him

(William Blake)

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It is not easy to say what makes it possible for us to gain a direct impression of a person’s body expression and to find the right words to express what we perceive.

(Wilhelm Reich)

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Freedom from anxiety; a sense of ease and joy; deep peace within and abundant energy without.

(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

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Moreover I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house.

(I Chronicles 17:10)

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 For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form

(Colossians 2:9)

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And may you know his love, even though it can’t be known completely. Then you will be filled with everything God has for you.

(Ephesians 3:19)

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For if “I” or “he” continued to tell what he has told, he would end up endlessly returning to this point and once more beginning to begin, that is to say, to begin with an end that precedes the beginning.

(Jacques Derrida)

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Those who with the eye of inner vision see the distinction between the field and the knower of the field, and see the liberation of spirit from matter, they go into the Supreme.

(Bhagavad Gita 13:34)

Scriptures 2015 – 11 – (Derrida , Colossians , Nietzsche , Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj , Jung , Bhagavad Gita) : Remembering God , Quotation , Will , Power , Fullness , Made Without Hands , Buried , Raised , Faith , from the dead , Good Fortune , Enlightenment , Liberation , Sadashiva , Ever Present , Unity , Freedom , Nothing/Everything , Home , Take/Operate , Radiance

Well, I’m remembering God this morning, the name, a quotation, something my mother said, not that i’m looking for you, my God, in a determinable place and to reply to the question … and neither my will nor my power is today to “go beyond” … but to quote the name of God as I heard it perhaps the first time …

(Derrida, Circumfession)

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For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ; and you were buried with him in baptism , in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

(Colossians 2: 9-12)

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If one is rich enough for this, it is even a good fortune to be in the wrong.

(Nietzsche, Ecce Homo)

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There is a power in the universe working for enlightenment — and liberation. We call it Sadashiva, who is ever present in the hearts of men. It is the unifying factor. Unity — liberates. Freedom — unites. Ultimately nothing is mine or yours — everything is ours. Just be one with yourself and you will be one with all, at home in the entire universe.

(Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)

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Take the unconscious in one of its handiest forms, say a spontaneous fantasy, a dream, an irrational mood, a affect, or something of the kind, and operate with it.

(Jung)

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And Arjuna saw in that radiance the whole universe in its variety, standing in a vast unity in the body of the God of gods.

(Bhagavad Gita 11:13)