If we agreed we couldn't have a good discussion. Personally…

Y · January 17, 2025

If we agreed we couldn't have a good discussion.
Personally, I'm fascinated by how the New Age movement moves people away from monotheism and towards first monism (all is one), then pantheism (all is god) and finally to an entirely luciferian form of polytheism (I'm a god).
I call it the New Age Three Step.
The last step is the most extreme form of ego-inflation imaginable.

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RossThurston · January 17, 2025

I agree that does happen because people try to logically understand spiritual teachings they have no direct experience of.
They confuse "God is within me" with "I am God and can do whatever I want."

Y · January 17, 2025

I guess we can agree that spirituality isn't safe from the grasp of the ego.
In fact, it may even be the ideal vehicle for the ego. Nothing serves the ego better than the illusion that the ego has been overcome.
But the challenges get harder as we progress, not easier...
On the path the danger of just assuming we have arrived is becoming greater with every step.
Who wouldn't want to finally stop, sit down, self-identify as enlightened and start being a teacher and leader.l? And now since we are so enlightened, we may as well sleep with all our female followers...
A story as old as humanity.