Sublime Zettels January 2025

[simplicity/complexity/clarity]

usually the way I say it is Simplicity complexity and then clarity so in other words if we think about just the way things happen you take simple things and simple things over time evolve into complex things and you end up with these arms races that look like they're going to go on forever because what is an end of an... See more

Genesis 2:18 says: “God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper for him.’” On this Rashi writes: A HELP MEET FOR HIM — (כנגדו literally, opposite, opposed to him) If he is worthy she shall be a help to him; if he is unworthy she shall be opposed to him, to fight him (Yevamot 63a).

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Irvin Yalom enjoins therapists not to share insights they have into their patients psyches unless doing so will be connecting. The aim for a good therapist isn’t to say the truth but to say the truth that will also be healing. Since it is his view that the relationship itself is the cause of healing, a truth that does not bring close is counter-pro... See more

More than anything, Christ Crucified is a revelation to humanity that God is love. However, it teaches us that love is not coercive. The philosopher’s God is expected to selectively coerce, controlling evil and rewarding the good. The scandal of the Cross is that it reveals the weakness of God who, in love, suffers Himself and His creation to endur... See more