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Hi Joe,
Yes I have come across some at iskcon like that. Quite simply, as with other religions, this mentality is one of the stages the human ego goes through during its journey. I call it ego shape shifting into our spirituality. It's not just iskcon to be fair, it's a stage in all practices and religions. The problem is, nobody can measure spiritual growth, or soul growth, so people can get a lot of knowledge, mantra all day and genuinely love the divine and get given high places in whatever spiritual framework they are active in. This doesn't mean they have overcome the ego.
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