Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Monday, 18 December 2017
Взаимные отражения [однополый "брак"]
Рождение
Данное эссе является следствием моей эмоциональной реакции на новость о только что принятом в Австралии “Законе об однополых браках”. Каким-то образом я умудрилась пропустить все предварительные дискуссии на эту тему. Разумеется, я слышала об этом феномене раньше, но никогда не соотносила услышанное с реальностью, моей реальностью; так, путешествия по Франции и Испании (странам, на тот момент уже узаконившим однополые “браки”), у меня ни разу не возникло ни одной мысли об этом. Кстати, именно это было неоднократно сказано об однополом “браке” – а именно, что он изменит реальность только для сексуальных меньшинств, но не для нормального большинства.
Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Mutual reflections [same sex "marriage"]
The birth
This paper has originated from my emotional response to learning about ‘The same sex marriage bill’ which has just been legislated in Australia. I somehow managed to miss all the preparatory talks about it. Naturally, I heard about the phenomenon before but somehow never put it in the context of reality, my reality; while traveling in France and Spain (which at that time had already endorsed same sex “marriage”) I gave no thought to it. That is exactly what is being said about same sex “marriage” by the way, that it would change only the reality of the sexual minorities and not of the straight majority.
This paper has originated from my emotional response to learning about ‘The same sex marriage bill’ which has just been legislated in Australia. I somehow managed to miss all the preparatory talks about it. Naturally, I heard about the phenomenon before but somehow never put it in the context of reality, my reality; while traveling in France and Spain (which at that time had already endorsed same sex “marriage”) I gave no thought to it. That is exactly what is being said about same sex “marriage” by the way, that it would change only the reality of the sexual minorities and not of the straight majority.
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Sunday, 15 October 2017
St Teresa of Avila's day
"You should take no notice of the temptation to give up prayer and should thank God for your desire of practicing it. "
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Saturday, 5 August 2017
Sunday, 16 July 2017
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
memo
"I knew perfectly well that I had a
soul, but I did not understand what that soul merited, or Who dwelt within it,
until I closed my eyes to the vanities of this world in order to see it. I
think, if I had understood then, as I do now, how this great King really dwells within this little palace of my soul, I
should not have left Him alone so often, but should have stayed with Him and
never have allowed His dwelling-place to get so dirty."
'The Way of Perfection', St Teresa of Avila
Saturday, 10 June 2017
Антиприст
Не со-общающийся
Христос
Верная передача значения английского слова “to relate” (“The non-relating Christ”), использованного в английском оригинале эссе, крайне важна для понимания всего текста. “Общаться” – слишком активное действие, “относиться” – слишком пассивное, и оба слова “не совсем то”, поэтому я остановилась на почти вышедшем из употребления значении слова “сообщающийся” в применении к людям, а не только к сосудам. Я нарочно пишу его как “со-общающийся”, чтобы подчеркнуть разницу, т.е. одушевленность действия.
Под выражением
“со-общающийся Христос” подразумевается Христос, лично относящийся к верующему,
Христос “на связи”, с Которым можно найти контакт, Который желает такого
контакта, Который отвечает и обращается, одним словом, тот, с кем возможна
взаимная связь/личные отношения в многообразных формах, знакомых верующим по
опыту.
Проще дать аналогию:
человек с нормальной психикой.
Представьте себе, как бы это выглядело. Христос воплотился бы,
вырос и начал обходить крошечные городки Иудеи, чудесным образом исцеляя
больных, изгоняя бесов, говоря толпам, что “блаженны нищие духом” и “подставьте
другую щеку”. Он бы делал все это “в общем”, как некто с миссией донести
определенные слова до слушателей. Об бы делал все, что описано в Евангелиях, но
при этом никак не со-общаясь с людьми. Нет, Он не хранил бы молчание, когда апостолы разбудили Его,
испугавшись, что их лодку вот-вот перевернет бурей – Он бы просто произнес “волны,
утихните” а затем, не добавив “почему вы так маловерны?”, обращенное к апостолам,
вернулся бы к своему тюфяку.
Или же Он мог произнести эти слова, но очень безличностно,
без какой-либо реальной эмоциональной связи со Своими учениками, сердце к
сердцу. Можно ведь сказать “я люблю тебя” так, что тот, к кому эти слова
обращены, почувствует, что его словно пронзили ножом, столь очевидна их ложь.
Он мог бы также войти в Иерусалим предельно безличностно, без каких бы то ни
было личных ремарк и, точно в такой же безличностной манере, мог бы быть распятым
и умереть. Он мог бы молиться за тех, кто Его распял, но делать это пусто и
безлично, просто потому, что Сын Человеческий должен сказать эти слова. Это вписывалось
в Его учение. Xристанин должен молиться о своих врагах, вот Он и подал нам
пример – может быть, он произнес эти слова именно по этой причине. Он мог бы
сказать их про себя; в конце концов, Его Отец все равно бы Его услышал.
Sunday, 28 May 2017
The Antipriest
A non-relating Christ
Imagine what it would be. Christ became incarnated, grew up,
walked around tiny towns of Judea, miraculously healing the sick, vanquishing
evil spirits, telling the crowds that “blessed are the poor” and “turn the other
chick”. He would do this in a very general way, as someone who has a mission,
the words to deliver to the general audience. He would do what was described in
the Gospels but would do that without relating to others. No, He would not be
silent when the apostles woke Him up when they thought their boat was sinking –
He would simply say “waves, be quiet” and then, without adding “why do you have
such little faith?” to the apostles return back to his cushion.
Actually, He could still say those words but in a very
impersonal way, without truly connecting with his disciples, heart to heart. One
can say “I love you” in a way that another feels being stabbed, so obvious is the
lie. He could also enter Jerusalem without making personal points and, in the
same non-relating way, become crucified and die. He could, as well, pray for
those who crucified Him but do this in an empty way, just because the Son of
God must say those words. It is fitting His previous teaching. A Christian must
pray for the enemies, and He also must give us an example – perhaps He uttered
those words just for that reason. He could say them silently; after all, the
Father still would hear Him.
The striking thing about the Gospels is that they do not
say, as the novels do, anything about how the people there look, or about their
intonation etc. but they are all somehow very alive and very visible. They are visible and come to a life via the
response of Christ to them. An impersonal “woman with an issue of blood”
who touched the hem of His cloth in a hope of a cure becomes, via His response
to her, very clearly visible to us in His words “go daughter, your faith saved
you”.
Noteworthy, Christ in that episode (as it is related in the
Gospel of Mark) seems to need to see the
one who touched Him and this is why He asks who did it and continues to insist
despite the very reasonable statement of the apostles that He is in the middle
of a crowd and everyone presses Him so how can they – and He – know. Obviously,
since He had no trouble seeing Nathaniel under the fig tree before Nathaniel
was called, by Philip, to come to see Him [and even before Nathaniel was born]
He did not need to physically see the
one who touched Him. It appears that He wants a woman who hid herself in the
crowd to come out for the sole purpose of relating to each other in person, via
the act of seeing each other. By that
very act of His we see that woman now as she is under the magnifying glass. She
literally pops up from the pages of the Gospels. It is quite astonishing because
no “literary methods” of description etc. is employed like the description of
the woman’s face, how she looked at Christ etc. She is alive to us because He
saw her soul, “your faith saved you”. She knows she was seen = her soul was
seen by Him and she feels fully alive, and we feel it as well.
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Monday, 8 May 2017
Friday, 5 May 2017
Sunday, 16 April 2017
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