Zizek: Living in a cynical era - inversion of cynicism from FreedomLab on Vimeo.
I find what this man is saying to be really relevant to my life, and about people i love. Lately, i have found “cynics” to be really beautiful to me. Their cynacism, although troublesome, dishonest and confusing to themselves and others, are an iconoclast, an arrow pointing to something greater. When we have our hearts hardened, our cynacism tends to be the end all. But when we see that we are cynics and why we are cynics…. something good can happen.
It makes me think about how, as soon as G-d gave the curses to Adam and Eve, he had in some sense decided to saved them (so much grace)! Their very disappointments and shame that would result from the curse would be the very things that reveal what is most important to them.
Even in my own life, when i suffer from nihilistic thinking and breathing… i am always in despair to have such feelings! There is a comfort in knowing that in my heart of hearts, and that in the heart of hearts of others, that my disappointment reveals the truest part of who I am and what i believe is deeply truly real: that we are creatures of Infinity, looking for Infinity, made to love and be loved. We don’t want to live in a world without meaning. We don’t want to die. We don’t want the world to be a cold and terrible place. And, i think maybe because of these, although, everything is not okay, at the same time, it is. All things CAN be beautiful. Even the gritty and not so pretty. But we must choose the Right Thing to affirm it, lest we continue to be disappointed (and rescued).
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." -- Ephesians 6:12
Also, this man’s accent is beautiful.
Peace be with you, always,
Rachel Virginia
