When spiritual people get competitive

[Carl-Richard]

@Ramasta9 U tryna spiritually one up me bruh? 

[Ramasta9]

21 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

@Ramasta9 U tryna spiritually one up me bruh? 

Naw IM just been myself bruhhda fox  

[Ponder]

12 minutes ago, Ramasta9 said:

Naw IM just been myself bruhhda fox  

Ayy, Buddha bless. This black cat (spirit animal) agrees. I’m simply a kewl cat <3 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

No self just the ego playing 'dead' 

I new place to hide 😈

[Ramasta9]

14 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

No self just the ego playing 'dead' 

I new place to hide 😈

Lmao, Nah-im just 'sleeping'  

[Natasha Tori Maru]

7 minutes ago, Ramasta9 said:

Lmao, Nah-im just 'sleeping'  

I'lL jUsT tAKe A LItTlE pOWeRnAp

The bastard will never find me here! 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

I often have conversations with my family around spiritual topics. Unfortunately it usually falls flat because their metaphysics/philosophy is very poor. 

As soon as I begin to question them harder, it turns into them trying to egoically one-up me in a spiritual way. 

The odd thing is, this tends to happen with my brother the most. And he loves it. He loves getting angry, raging and then pointing out to me and the rest of the family (who usually end up as an audience) how emotionless and lacking conviction I am, because I do not engage like he does. I think as soon as something doesn't align with his view it is a threat; to me it is just a fellow being, with a different set of experiences, that could never invalidate/validate my own.

Needless to say i am... Hesitant... About the upcoming holiday season. 

But it also goes back to how we want to share experiences to bond and relate, but too often language falls short. Misunderstanding happens. And ego comes out 🙃🙃🙃

Edited 4 hours ago by Natasha Tori Maru

[Joseph Maynor]

I love using humor now in situations where people are all serious about trying to one-up each other.  This could be used for anyone, including family.  It's a paradigm shift of: we're friends first and the expectation is that we will disagree with each other.  Many people have this paradigm reversed: We can only be friends if we agree with each other, or you have to agree with me, or vice versa.

No we're friends first, and it is assumed that we will disagree with each other.  It's really a way of elevating Love and practicing it.  So, now I apply this to basically everyone and it calls on using humor somewhat strategically, which brings people together.  This can be overdone too though, but it's fun to experiment with. 

It's rewarding and different to be able to relate with people who you have little in common with, especially if you're kind of a top-heavy person who is stuck in your own mind a lot.  You want the world to mirror your mind without realizing that, and that is controlling and limiting when it comes to relationships, openness, and Love.  Many people I see on here already do this which is amazing to me to see because it took me a long time to get it.

[Husseinisdoingfine]

@Joseph Maynor YOU'RE BACK?