The problem with gurus is that they are not addressing you; they are addressing their own psychology, outwardly projected. Few minds have circumvented this natural blind spot and provided true means for self-understanding instead of a methodology or system of thought (e.g Jung).
I am a individualist by nature, and an extreme one at that, therefore I am blind to the growth process that others (at least 1/2 of population) derive from engaging with humanity at the level of the group. I do not perceive groups—I only perceive individuals (& their dynamics).
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Said differently, my bias is my inability to perceive global values and address them on any level. This is the reason I insist in most I express on individual values, but this, of course, is not how everyone perceives it. What I lack, someone like Peterson lives by & vice versa.
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So when I hear a guru it is filtered through my own individual value sytem and judged by that measure. If it is not agreeable, it will be rejected. Gurus appeal mostly to global values oriented people, because this is what most also encourage.
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Interestingly, Jung was also global value oriented psychologically but his immense vision allowed him to perceive both group and individual values and recognize the eternal polarity of and interplay of the two. This is partly also why I cited him as an example.
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