Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

I really love this article. It is presented through Buddhist philosophy but the ideas could stand alone, they make so much sense.

Various traps that spiritual practitioners fall into are investigated -- such as confusing temporary bliss or tranquility with the awakened state of mind.

I particularly like this paragraph:
"We must surrender our hopes and expectations, as well as our fears, and march directly into disappointment, work with disappointment, go into it and make it our way of life, which is a very hard thing to do. Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing. This automatically brings a feeling disappointment.

Disappointment is the best chariot to use on the path of the dharma. It does not confirm the existence of our ego and its dreams."

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