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Persistent Wrongdoing Blocks Our Use of Divine Grace If you are beloved of God, what does it mean to say that continuation in sin forestalls the fruits of God’s greatest gifts? These fruits of God’s gifts are freely given but require of us preparation, repentance, humility, and prayer to see and attain to. This comes…
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Navigating Imperfection and Arrogance “When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.” -Proverbs 11:2 Research in cognitive psychology highlights how overconfidence can impair decision-making and learning. Humility, conversely, fosters open-mindedness and a willingness to adapt. Socrates famously said, “I know that I know nothing.” Imagine standing before a vast library, its shelves…
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Altruism and Egoism in Extremes and Moderations The third domain of Resurrexit Spiritus is Eros, where love is a divinely transformative force that can change everything overnight. It is also worthwhile to note here that while the next domain of Logos is the final one, it is an encapsulation of the previous three making Eros…
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Effects of Rejections and Acceptances in KRATOS Kratos is the first domain where we grapple with rejections and acceptances, often in pursuit of self-definition. This is the stage where the prodigal son rejects his father’s authority, the rules of family, and the expectations of community, choosing instead to follow his own path with his own…
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Admissions in Practices of Psychiatry and Psychology You do not know everything. I know, big shocker, right? Even if we deny the spiritual entirely, there are still things in any given case which are unknown and, perhaps, unknowable. A person’s obsession with things to gain power may be labelled as “narcissism,” but it could also…
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Human Ideations, Human Idolatry Imagine two cliff climbing teams scaling the tallest and most extreme cliff face ever discovered, twenty times bigger than anything else, with its root in a deep cave. One team has each member follow their own logically planned route, though without any safety equipment, focused solely on reaching the summit at…
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Replication and Reinforcement Recognitions in virtues are inherently cyclical and dynamic in nature. There is a continuous process of recognition and response, intertwined with both grace and intentional effort; encompassing the present moment (which reflects the past experience of God’s love) and extending into the future (the love that we actively choose to give to…
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How Spiritual Completion Never Ends What follows forgiveness? What path do we tread as we journey from the seedling of magnanimity to the towering oak of spiritual maturity? The answer is in perseverance through analysis leading to higher levels of analysis and perseverance, so that together with increasing honesty these aspects of reason allow us…
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Peace Within, and Particular Alignment Acquire a peaceful spirit immanently. Far from passivity, it is preparation for the greater battles. Cultivate a profound stillness that permits vision beyond illusions of the world. Embracing the present moment with unshakeable serenity, despite the turmoil and chaos which surrounds us. To acquire peace within is to recognise that…
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Identify the Patterns of Power to Unravel Now, let us step back and examine the pattern we’ve uncovered. There is a reason why these two elements of discourse (speaking truth to power and punching up rather than down) are so vital. The first principle, speaking truth to power, ensures that those in authority are held…