Nature is already beyond itself In the name of security, we risk reducing ourselves purely to the level of the natural where we no longer bear the burden of freedom. Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
Arnold Böcklin, Der Gang nach Emmaus (1870) Esoteric Speech in St. Paul Paul provides us with a model for how he approaches modulating his speech depending on his audience's level of spiritual maturity. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Religion isn't for you What if the power of religion lies not in what is authentic or personal about it, but precisely in its capacity to make us feel strange and alienated from ourselves? Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
What died on the cross In the wake of the cross, we now have to grapple with who God has revealed Himself to be, laying waste to all the games we used to play around Him. Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
"Lower Manhattan, Broad and Wall Streets" by Childe Hassam (1907) Everything done in darkness When we see the one who wields power, we must see someone ensnared in a myriad invisible deals with their terms penned in blood. Matthew A. Stanley • Theology
Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6NDZdw Losing your field and becoming illegible I've been experiencing a gradual weakening of my bonds with those fields which once gave shape to my life through their fantasies, discourse, and transferential relations. Matthew A. Stanley • Philosophy
