Spiritual Gymnastics

[r0ckyreed]

19 hours ago, Ishanga said:

I don't think You understand what Spiritual Traditions are all about.

Yes I do. They are about conformity, groupthink not Truth. Truth needs no tradition.

[Ishanga]

2 hours ago, r0ckyreed said:

Yes I do. They are about conformity, groupthink not Truth. Truth needs no tradition.

No they aren't, at least they shouldn't be about what You write above.. Sanga is community, a supportive community, its not about "Group Thinking", its not about Thinking at all, and its not about Conformity, its about "hey this stuff has been around a long time and it works, try it out, and we are here to support You", via that the individual comes in contact with the Truth, which is not outside of You but is the very essence of You..

You can do it alone, but that is the slow path, it may take lifetimes (plural).  I'd rather do what is proven to work in the past and make it happen within this lifetime please and thank You!

As I said before too, the Tradition is not about the Truth, the Truth is found within You, and it is always there, but You don't realize it, so the Tradition (not via teachings, or scriptures, or idolizing past masters) just wipes away what is blocking you from realizing the Truth of what You Are!

[Ishanga]

The problem with the people today is that "Group Think" or "Group Identification" is running rampant, this is what everyone is doing.. Right now in Toronto the Blue Jays may win the World Series, non fans of baseball are getting on the band wagon because its an association with something bigger than Yourself, You see a Human Being always wants to be more than what they are right now, they want unlimited Expansion, but they are all going about it the wrong way..

Everyone is in tribes, tribalism rules today, and that is why the world is so messed up, and even in Spiritual Communities this problem exists!! 

[Carl-Richard]

3 hours ago, r0ckyreed said:

Yes I do. They are about conformity, groupthink not Truth. Truth needs no tradition.

Untruth needs no tradition.

[Carl-Richard]

On 31.10.2025 at 0:01 AM, r0ckyreed said:

Read the book Marathon Monks In Mount Hei.

Quote a Buddhist Goggins quote.