Zizek on BBCs Hardtalk (?)

Worlds colliding, Jerry.

Slavoj Zizek lately: a multimedia reader

In a desperate bid to get what’s become a (mostly) minor case of Zizek personality-worship out of my system, here’s a compilation of some of his more recent internet-born appearances:
Videos:
Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on Capitalism, Healthcare, Latin American “Populism” and the “Farcical” Financial Crisis — 15 October 2009
World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq [...]

Zizek on ecological ideology

Wow, this is fun.

a zizekian ramble on truth and ideology

This is a new kind of post where i have no idea what it is i want to say, other than that i need to say something. I just finished watching yet another brilliant Slavoj Zizek talk, so brilliant that i find myself uncomfortably close to deifying the man. I don’t know how to post [...]

Zizek on Israel-Palestine

…from The Guardian.
Quiet slicing of the West Bank makes abstract prayers for peace obscene
Condemnation of ‘illegal’ settlements and violence only blurs the reality of what the Israeli state is sanctioning, day by day.

On 2 August 2009, after cordoning off part of the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, Israeli police evicted two Palestinian [...]

Joseph Cambpell really got it.

… the earlier google vids link is down. You can access a Quicktime version here.
From a description of the audio:
An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of a remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers in the acclaimed PBS series….

2.The Message of the Myth
Campbell compares [...]

The Chickpea

The Chickpea
- by Mowlana Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi (Rumi)

A chickpea in a pot leaps from the flame,
out from the boiling water,
Crying, “Why do you set fire to me?
You chose me, bought me, brought me home for this?”
The cook hits it with her spoon into the pot.
“No! Boil nicely, don’t jump away from the one who makes [...]

correlation

Probability, the Law of Large Numbers and |truth|

Below is a thought-provoking, if half-baked, non-dualistic take on the central principle of probability theory.
The Law of Large Numbers by Ramesh Balsekar.
Ramesh Balsekar
Creating Order Out of Disorder:
The Theory of Probability – The Law of Large Numbers
One of the best kept secrets of the universe relates to the question of how the sub-atomic, micro-world of [...]

Sitting here, you and I | خنك آن دم كه نشستيم

A first attempt at translating the work of Mowlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi ‘Rumi’ (in memory of my late grandfather, who would not have understood, but who i loved, and who loved me, nonetheless):

خنك آن دم كه نشستيم در ايوان من و تو
به دو نقش و به دو صورت به يكى جان من و تو
رنگ باغ [...]