Hypocrites who Try to Teach and Guide Others
Question : Can a spiritual person, who prays, chants and does spiritual practices, be egoistic? It seems remarkably strange that someone who reads and talks about God and spiritual living could act and behave with so much self-importance. Aren't spirituality and egotistical conduct polar opposites? If someone IS "spiritual" yet egotistical, then, he is a hypocrite. Right? Answer : "...egoism assumes a subtle form. The gross ego is NOT as dangerous as the subtle egoism... The working of egoism is very mysterious. It is very difficult to detect it's various ways of working. It needs subtle and sharp intellect to find out its operation... (The) ego wants to exercise POWER and influence over OTHERS . He wants titles, prestige, STATUS, RESPECT, prosperity, house, wife, children. He wants self-aggrandisement. He wishes to domineer and rule over others. If anybody points out his DEFECTS, his vanity feels offended. If anyone PRAISES him, he is elated. This ego says,...
