The Dichotomous Logic of “Obsession”
The film is a critique of the same tendencies that it is seeking to promote. It is based on the same logic that it condemns and rejects. As such, the film falls apart under its own weight.
Some see before; and some see in; and some see after
In terms of the phenomenology of sight, we see God in exactly the same way in which we see anything else; similarly, we fail to see God in exactly the same way in which we fail to see anything else.
Religion in Two Dimensions
Religion comes in two dimensions: religion of the Self, and religion of the ego. I use these two terms in a quasi-Jungian sense. Religion of the Self is difficult and challenging. Since you cannot be born into it, you have to work really hard to make any progress in religion of the Self. The more you progress,…