This obsession with ego in many supposedly advanced practitioners confuses me. Am I missing something? Perhaps.
It just seems so... petty.
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If you assume even a minimum bit of sincerity in these kinds of situations, the person is having the exact opposite of an ego experience.
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For some reason it seems particularly endemic with Buddhists, but I'm sure lots of spiritual teachers, seekers etc. in other branches do it.
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If your idea of contributing to the practice of others is to integrate the worst kind of BS psychobabble, please just shut up. It's harmful.
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To those who need help dealing with their ego, you are causing unnecessary suffering and confusion. To those who don't, you just look lost.
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and do a great deconstruction of this on the latter's podcast, though I can't remember if it's episode 4 or 7.
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(of course, all the crass language is mine - I'm excising some exasperation)