Spiritual competitiveness can be as harmful
to me as any other character defect. It is the dynamic that causes me to strive
at being better than anyone else at this business of the awakening. First off,
it can be a terrific drain on the pocket-book. Just go to a spiritual supply retail shop featuring
bells, cushions, incense, meditation tapes and all the trappings of a so-called
spiritual life. It isn’t so much that these items are sold but that they are
for sell at exorbitantly high prices. I could go on… but even subtler than this
is the competitiveness of having a better grasp on the texts, of being of
service at higher levels or having a following… a gaggle of sponsees hanging on
every word… praying louder, chanting more harmoniously or having the
countenance of the saints in all the pictures. I am more impressed by the quiet
ones who humbly replace the candles on the altar than by the robes of the
priest. These things can keep me busy… so busy I can forget I am just one of
the Bozo’s on this bus.
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