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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: James Calladine who wrote (15913)9/7/2003 1:02:37 AM
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It is just the nature of the EGO. Criticizing or defending a position is a great opportunity to look at ourselves and try to find out at what level are we are getting irritated.
It is the ego that is being hurt. It is the ego that needs to defend itself. It is that "I" that seems to the big barrier to spirituality.
How can one offend the humble?

Criticizing a spiritual teacher is normal. It always happens. If it did not happen and everything seems perfect, that is what would probably lead me to doubt.<g>
People will usually see them as some sort of crooks, frauds etc.. That is again the ego at work.

We feel as if we are at the center of the universe and our opinions/beliefs/experiences are correct. Finding fault with people that are claiming to be enlightened is also very normal. How can we allow ourselves to be inferior to them? OK..maybe say that there are a couple of real teachers and call most of them frauds. OR say that there were real enlightened people in history but most living ones are frauds or crooks.
That is EGO...and understanding it could be the key. I have read often enough that when the Ego dies, Enlightenmenet happens. Having faith in a spiritual teacher allows us to feel humble and get closer to Enlightenment or God. Working on oneselve without a teacher could be a more difficult path, imho.

Getting to what I said about destiny a while ago; that existence may just be a Grand Play..this also allows one to feel at ease and realize that we are not the doers....and that also leads to humility..and maybe without the need for a spiritual teacher.
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