Your definition of spiritual materialism doesn’t seem quite right, but I like what your construct of shopping and meta.
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Replying to @hereandnowness
Ah, just saw this. How would you describe spiritual materialism?
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Replying to @hereandnowness
Collecting was the aspect I was emphasizing, iirc I think that’s a key part of spiritual materialism as identity/ego building, but ymmv.
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Replying to @_awbery_
I’ve never really thought of him talking about collecting so much as mistaking material objects and symbolism for actual spirituality.
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Replying to @hereandnowness
That sounds right to me too. I’d need to go back to be sure about the collecting aspect - thanks for the comment!
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Replying to @_awbery_ @hereandnowness
I find Trungpa’s definition of spiritual materialism os most use when in the context of the other two ‘lords of’ - body/speech/mind - because we all have some grasp of what standard materialism looks like, so then psychological and spiritual materialism begin to make more sense.
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What is psychological materialism?
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Replying to @hereandnowness @_awbery_
IIRC, seeking comfort in the intellect, ideas, ideologies, political models, etc. I can’t remember if he includes ‘states of mind’ in with psychological or spiritual materialism.
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I thought that was called intellectualizing when applied to psychology alone.
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Replying to @hereandnowness @_awbery_
You might be right, it has been a while since I last read Cutting Through.
3:52 AM - 16 Dec 2018
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