Guru Trap

You can see it here on this forum so I thought would point something out which I call the Guru Trap.

They use abstract concepts to lift themselves above others.

Here are some:

Unconditional Love
Cosmic Unity
enlightement
Karma
lack of ego
complete surrender
free of judgement
and of course.....true self

They will try to disarm anyone who questions these abstract concepts by telling them that A) they come from ego and B) they will only understand it when they experience it.

"what is unconditional love?" someone may ask.
"That I love you despite asking such an ego bound question." could be their reply.

They are very clever in just referring to ego or your lack of wisdom, understanding and knowledge if you disagree, challenge, or ask questions. They avoid answering the question which more questions and avoid answering altogether. They promote ways of living which our minds are not designed to and will often say they have reached these levels yet their behaviours will suggest otherwise. Its also a way of them being able to look down upon you and for you to try and raise yourself up by trying to be an abstract concept which of course....ain't going to happen which keeps the guru nicely above you and you still spending your energy trying to reach levels that cannot be reached.

The scary part is that they will use the abstract concepts to justify what happens in the world and will label you as egoic, caught up in the illusion, not enlightened enough to understand.

Be the observer and not the student or believer of people like this and watch their behaviour as they will show their true colours.