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We all argue and bicker on this forum like a bunch of petulant 4th graders. 

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NUUHH!  I'm teellllliinnng!

ahhh i can't resist.
isn't a child's smile resting on a face of adult understanding pretty much the goal, no matter the path?

I voted.. Maybe.
just because there is bullshit, and there's not-bullshit, and even if someone's spouting bullshit they usually do tend to come around to realize it.  maybe not now, maybe not for a few years, but bullshit's pungent.  tends to make itself noticed, smells worse the deeper you get into it.

ps make mine a scotch, neat, in a narrow glass preferably
pps nevermind i'll make it

ppps

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Most of the people here are trying to ascend and bust out. I'm going the opposite way and sometimes back and forth for fun.

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Ped said:

This is a dead horse. So spiritual paths can translate into escapism. Most young people are startled, looking to escape the stresses of their transitions. Fine. Always, our escapism is what leads us full-circle into a confrontation with our fears. The wrongly motivated spiritual path easily becomes what carries us into meaningful transformation, which is the essence of spiritual life.

Delusion is not an inherent trait of spiritual life. Self-deciet is not innate in religion. That's childish thinking.

What is it that motivates some people to criticize others so harshly for what appears as an escapist attitude motivating spiritual thinking? It is their own inability to accept themselves. People judge others only when they are unable to remain content with themselves. Sometimes it is very subtle. Sometimes it is obvious even to the individual. Either way, it is an identical escapism, except that it is much more destructive and painful.

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