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A new, boring, theory of relativity
Time is relative. Our mood, state of mind, and what we do in the moment, all affect our perception of time: boredom lengthens it, while activity shortens it.
It follows, boredom serves a very important role; it engrosses us in time and allows us to savor and feel every second. In boredom one feels the full weight of the moment. To feel bored, in the short term, is unpleasant. But on the long term, boredom is like the clock chime that helps you tell the time. It punctuates time and "lengthens it."
Boredom is the metronome for our perception of time.
Time is relative. Our mood, state of mind, and what we do in the moment, all affect our perception of time: boredom lengthens it, while activity shortens it.
It follows, boredom serves a very important role; it engrosses us in time and allows us to savor and feel every second. In boredom one feels the full weight of the moment. To feel bored, in the short term, is unpleasant. But on the long term, boredom is like the clock chime that helps you tell the time. It punctuates time and "lengthens it."
Boredom is the metronome for our perception of time.
So every once in a while, try to sit quietly and get bored for some minutes. It'll make your day feel longer.
Eros and depression are opposites. Eros pulls the subject out of itself, toward the Other. Depression, in contrast, plunges the subject into itself. Today’s narcissistic “achievement-subject” seeks out success above all. Finding success validates the One through the Other. Thereby, the Other is robbed of otherness and degrades into a mirror of the One — a mirror affirming the latter’s image. This logic of recognition ensnares the narcissistic achievement-subject more deeply in the ego. The corollary is success-induced depression: the depressive achievement-subject sinks into, and suffocates in, itself.
Eros, in contrast, [...] leads the One out of a narcissistic inferno. It sets into motion freely willed self-renunciation, freely willed self-evacuation. A singular process of weakening lays hold of the subject of love — which, however, is accompanied by a feeling of strength. This feeling is not the achievement of the One, but the gift of the Other.
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Eros and depression are opposites. Eros pulls the subject out of itself, toward the Other. Depression, in contrast, plunges the subject into itself. Today’s narcissistic “achievement-subject” seeks out success above all. Finding success validates the One through…
حقيقةُ المحبةِ قيامُك مع مَحبوبِك، بِخَلعِ أوصافك والإتصافِ بأوصافه
— الحسين بن منصور الحلاج
— الحسين بن منصور الحلاج
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The lamb of God (Latin: Agnus Dei)
The lamb of God is a symbol for Jesus Christ
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The lamb of God is a symbol for Jesus Christ
Compare it with Islamic symbols (lions, swords, aristocratic titles like أمير المؤمنين) and you'll understand why Nietzsche called Christianity "slave morality."
The neoliberal regime conceals its compulsive structure behind the seeming freedom of the single individual, who no longer understands him- or herself as a subjugated subject (“subject to”), but as a project in the process of realizing itself (entwerfendes Projekt). That is its ruse: now, whoever fails is at fault and personally bears the guilt. No one else can be made responsible for failure. Nor is there any possibility for pardon, relief, or atonement.
— The Agony of Eros
— The Agony of Eros