(A DECONSTRUCTIONIST READING) WOULD MEAN RESPECT FOR THAT WHICH CANNOT BE EATEN—RESPECT FOR THAT IN A TEXT WHICH CANNOT BE ASSIMILATED.
THERE IS ALWAYS A REMAINDER THAT CANNOT BE READ, THAT MUST REMAIN ALIEN. THIS RESIDUE CAN NEVER BE INTERROGATED AS THE SAME, BUT MUST BE CONSTANTLY SOUGHT OUT ANEW, AND MUST CONTINUE TO BE WRITTEN.
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. I KNOW MY OWN SHEEP AND THEY KNOW ME
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MAN’S PRIVILEGED POSITION REQUIRES THE SACRIFICE AND DEVOURING OF ANIMALS.
BY ENQUIRING INTO THE NATURE OF THE I, THE I PERISHES. WITH IT ‘YOU’ AND ‘HE’ ALSO PERISH. THE RESULTANT STATE, WHICH SHINES AS ABSOLUTE BEING, IS ONE’S OWN NATURAL STATE, THE ATMAN/SELF.
‘HIS PHASES RETURN TO THEIR SOURCE, HIS SENSES TO THEIR GODS, HIS PERSONAL SELF AND ALL HIS ACTIONS TO THE IMPERSONAL IMPERISHABLE ATMAN/SELF.
THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER, JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU. MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.
22 I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE— 23 I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME—SO THAT THEY MAY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY. THEN THE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME AND HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME.
WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THE RESTLESS AND UNSTEADY MIND WANDERS, ONE SHOULD BRING IT BACK AND CONTINUALLY FOCUS IT ON GOD/ATMAN/SELF.
DO WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE DOING