2024 (#121) I Ching , Bereshit / Genesis , Parahamsa Yogananda , Derrida , Gospel of John , Bhagavad Gita , Winnicott , Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj , Montessori . Gospel of Mark , Book of Ezekiel , Bettelheim , Gospel of Mathew , Ecclesiastes , Gospel of Luke , ee cummings , Malaguzzi , Emerson

 When things are worthy of careful attention, surely people will draw close together Thus, after Watching, closing together follows.    

—- I Ching

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.  As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar [Babylonia] and settled there.

—- Bereshit / Genesis

  A Christlike miracle

—-  Parahamsa Yogananda 

 I am trying out my voice, looking for the right tone, as in an experiment prior to beginning this idiomatic conjunction …

—- Derrida

  The two persons are kneeling on the floor face to face. One is the diviner, the other is the inquirer.

—-I Ching

Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”

—- John 

  the Divine was fully blazing

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

“I will thus attempt to resist once more the impulse toward or expectation of position taking. To those who are waiting for me to take a position so they can reach a decision [arreter leur jugement], I say, ‘Good Luck.’ ”

—- Derrida

the movement of bringing two parts together 

—-I Ching

peaceful and steadfast in their devotion to God

—- Bhagavad Gita

  ‘the Illuminator of the cosmos is in you. I pray you to bring His light into my eyes, that I perceive the sun’s lesser glow.’  

—- Parahamsa Yogananda

For me the meaning of playing has taken on a new colour since I
have followed up the theme of transitional phenomena, tracing
these in all their subtle developments

—- Winnicott

Only through eradicating the obstruction can the high and the low-people from all walks of life-come together in harmony and understanding.   

—-I Ching

In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

—- John

 ‘The splendor of the sun shall have a special dawn for you.’  

—- Parahamsa Yogananda

right from the early use of
a transitional object or technique to the ultimate stages of a
human being’s capacity for cultural experience.

— Winnicott

Prosperous and smooth 

—I Ching

Learn to look without imagination, to listen without distortion: that is all. Stop attributing names and shapes to the essentially nameless and formless, realize that every mode of perception is subjective, that what is seen or heard, touched or smelt, felt or thought, expected or imagined, is in the mind and not in reality, and you will experience peace and freedom from fear.

—- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  the fair face of nature

—–   Parahamsa Yogananda

It is a subconscious vital force which urges the
child to do certain things and in the normally growing
child its unhindered activity is manifested in what we
call * joy of life ‘. The child is enthusiastic, always
happy.

— Montessori

Thunder and lightning are united and man feasts on their brilliance. 

—-I Ching

one must think of play in another way. Indeed, this is what I am trying to do within what is already a tradition-that of Nietzsche, for example-but one which also has its genealogy

—- Derrida

  the devotionally ploughed soil

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

 full of grace and truth.

— John

he is sentimental 

—I Ching

Having realized the Self/Atman as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all the worlds and the selfless Friend of all living beings, you attain peace.

—- Bhagavad Gita

  By perfection of resistless surrender

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

 Now when the centurion who stood facing him saw that in this way he breathed his last …. 

—- Mark

work hard on self-control and be upright 

—I Ching

your builders made perfect your beauty

—- Ezekiel

  enabled the Prime Healing Power to flow freely

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

Now the scene shifts. The king who rules in this part of the world has a daughter who is unable to smile. Her father promises to marry her to the man who can make her merry.

— Bettelheim

one should act as firm as metal and as straight as an arrow 

—I Ching

  they made your oars

—- Ezekiel

  the silent spiritual awakenings

—   Parahamsa Yogananda

that a woman took and mixed

—- Mathew

work hard and remain upright 

—I Ching

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you

—- Ezekiel

  the brotherhood of man stands revealed

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

to water the forest of growing trees.

—- Ecclesiastes

the executive is kind and gentle 

—I Ching

to give light to those who sit in darkness

—- Luke

  An aghast humility follows this leveling discovery.

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

and wonderfully i fell through the green groove

— ee cummings

the color of Earth is yellow, representing a central place 

—I Ching

blue and purple from the coasts

—- Ezekiel

  ripens into compassion for one’s fellows

—-  Parahamsa Yogananda

Children have to feel that the world is inside the
school and moves and thinks

—- Malaguzzi

act appropriately without overdoing or insufficiency 

—I Ching

    they were your pilots

— Ezekiel

  healing potencies of the soul awaiting exploration

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

 It is
only through freedom and by experiences upon the
environment

— Montessori

Be steadfast

—-I Ching

to guide our feet into the way of peace

—- Luke

 The love of God flowers on such soil.

—   Parahamsa Yogananda

much is possible and excellent that was not thought of.

—- Emerson

Eradicating alternates to Taking Action

—- I Ching 

the child grew and became strong in spirit

— Luke

  into the Infinite Presence

—-   Parahamsa Yogananda

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