Splendid vices (ICA)

This is a passionate affirmation of one's own individuality. It occurs when one recognizes that even vices and neuroses are a part of life, and is like smiling at yourself when you catch yourself being incorrigibly yourself.

In the ICA New Religious Mode in the arena of acting out one's freedom (the life of prayer) the second formal aspect is affirmation of one's dependence or gratitude. At the second phenomenological level, this occurs on recognizing one's own full participation in one's fate.