Radically Peculiar

[IainH]

Nice testimonial, Iain. Glad to have you still with us; you'll always have a home here.

Did something happen to inspire all of this?

Yeah.

Ok I can answer sorta.
I can't put into words. I will try to paint using words. 
Jesus to Eden Angel " take that flaming sword and thrust it into head of that guy"
I'm "that guy" and it wasn't pretty, nice or uplifting. It fried all the circuits placed by millennia of western civilization.
It burn out what remained of my mind. I say and I really don't expect or care what anyone thinks; the "mind" is a western philosophical construct, that does not in fact exist but it is the foundation stone of WC. I cannot find it in the Hebrew bible. It's in the English translation but, to an ancient Hebrew, thought originated in the heart. Solomon in Ecclesiastes did not set his mind to anything. He set his "Levab" in biblical Hebrew even western lexicons agree it means the thing that beats in your chest. The deeper meaning is not accessible using western rational methodology, it requires the intervention of the Spirit into a living heart, Faith and Grace. Because of our western heritage it is of necessity a painful process.
That'll hafta do.

I get you. Thanks for the clarification. Not sure what to make of your idea, but I at least know the idea of a heart vs mind antagonism most likely is a product of Western duality. I dont think the ancient Hebrews even bothered to separate sentiment and thought as it wouldn't even be a concern for them. They'd be more likely to position divinely-placed conviction against the pull of fallen desires since keeping their end of the covenant was their goal.

Well you condensed it nicely. That's the benefit of higher education; other got it's downside too, while it claims to open horizons of critical thought, it actually deepens the indoctrination begun in pre school nowadays. It was first grade in my day as kindergarten was optional.