False gold exists because there is authentic gold, this maxim is a statement of intent on the subject we discussed in this article: the 9 diseases of spiritual transmission.
False gurus and masters of life, are often a waste of hermetic arrogance and opportunism. Enlightenment becomes a desire for souls who believe they are on the wrong path and who travel the world in search of someone to enlighten them.
- When you feel lost.
- You become “cannon fodder”.
- An extremely appetizing dish for scavengers on the inside road.
- Purely marketing characters vying for a price full of hypocrisy and lies.
For example, many suggest, in some cases with no basis other than our own opinion, that meditation opens the way for us to get rid of everything that contaminates and forces us to ask ourselves questions.
There are some very valid people (and conceptions) around spirituality, but because this concept is marketed as “the hen of golden eggs”, it is easy to find false spiritual masters who can harm us. As an extreme example, we can think of the cases of sectarian groups that even pay large sums of money to commit suicide.
But there are also critical people who know how to focus on ‘I’ all false gurus, vital coaches and experts in the field of our minds. Mariana Caplan, PhD in Philosophy, Writer and Anthropologist, has dedicated her life to the study of spirituality critically.
Mariana Caplan presents a very precise vision of the distortion of spirituality and the commercial use of this fashion, which presents the reality of 10 diseases of spiritual transmission.
If we mix spirituality with a culture that celebrates speed, multitasking and rapid results, we will probably get the result of the so-called spirituality of fast food, which, according to Caplan’s definition, is the product of the common and understandable fantasy that the relief of suffering in our human condition can be quick and easy. The path of spirituality or, rather, spiritual transformation cannot be performed as a miraculous solution.
Talking quietly, dressing in certain clothes and colors, acting in a certain way, is all this essential if we want to see ourselves as spiritual people?This spiritual transmission? The disease makes us try to imitate the idea of what we believe to be spiritual, just as a leopard-skinned cloth mimics the real skin of this animal.
The need to fill our emotional void, the belief that the spiritual path will free us from the sufferings of life and the desire to be special and “magical” makes us mix these aspirations with the authentic and pure desire to grow.
As Caplan says, “in this disease, the ego identifies with our spiritual experiences and assumes them as their own, and we begin to believe that we embody ideas that have arisen in us at times. “Clearly, this does not last indefinitely, even if it tends to endure in people who believe they are or who behave as “spiritual and life teachers. “
Caplan explains that this disease occurs when the personality structure of the ego itself is deeply and unwaveringly mixed with spiritual ideas and concepts. The result is a bulletproof self structure. We become invulnerable with help, close our senses to new contradictory information and other constructive proposals, become impenetrable and slow our growth even if we are supposed to have the excuse of spirituality.
There are many spiritual traditions (Buddhism, for example) that are currently fashionable, the result of marketing is a marketing of characters and specialists who become known as people with great spiritual enlightenment when in reality this is not the case. he says: “This disease functions as a spiritual carrier chain: go into this radiation, get that vision and bang!You’re lit up and ready to enlighten others in the same way. The problem is not that these teachers teach, but are presented as if they have attained spiritual dominion.
When the practitioner, through years of effort, reaches a certain level of wisdom, he can even use this realization to close himself to other experiences. Is it possible that you feel spiritual superiority? And it conveys a subtle message that comes from saying “I am better than others, wiser and superior, for I am spiritual. “
The group spirit is an insidious virus that contains many elements of traditional codependency. Subtle and unconscious covenants and chords about acting and thinking, speaking, and dressing can lead to rejection of other experiences, thought patterns, or people.
“I have already reached my ultimate goal of my spiritual journey. “This disease can be terminal and fatal to our spiritual evolution. As Caplan says, “our spiritual progress ends as soon as this idea is formed in our minds, because by the time we begin to believe that we have reached the end of the road, even greater growth is blocked. “