Can you be spiritual but feel above those around you?

Can you be spiritual but feel above those around you?

Thanks for your help :)

[FallingLeaves]

you can be 'spiritual' anywhere, but you should probably be careful in this. People who consider themselves 'above' sometimes eventually fall for various snares such as having pride in that fact, or thinking that the fact they are 'above' means they are 'better', or culling followers before they even know their own path, or playing various games where they trade on the fruits of their 'aboveness' to get things they want despite how that might hurt others, and so forth...

and also contrary to popular opinion there appear to be a lot of evil beings in the above places, masquerading as good beings, if you start considering that 'above' automatically means 'good' you can get lost easily...

personally I don't have much use for the 'above' places right now, plenty to do down here! But it isn't as if I had much choice either though lol!

[RedEmbers]

I'd say that it happens quite often in some circles, that is how some cults start.

[utopiandreamchild]

Some are more advanced than others, if you feel like you're above others maybe it's time to become the educator and be looked up to.

Jesus was above others but humble about it, calling his deciples friends.

utopiandreamchild

[inavalan]

Originally Posted by utopiandreamchild

Some are more advanced than others, if you feel like you're above others maybe it's time to become the educator and be looked up to.

Jesus was above others but humble about it, calling his deciples friends.

utopiandreamchild

Good points!

Originally Posted by utopiandreamchild

Some are more advanced than others, if you feel like you're above others maybe it's time to become the educator and be looked up to.

Maybe it's time to understand egoism and how that plays out in Spirituality.

[utopiandreamchild]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Maybe it's time to understand egoism and how that plays out in Spirituality.

I think having a sense of self worth is important, nothing wrong with a healthy ego imo.

utopiandreamchild

Originally Posted by utopiandreamchild

I think having a sense of self worth is important, nothing wrong with a healthy ego imo.

What you perceive yourself to be is YOUR ego, and that simple phrase makes sense of it all. Everything is relative to that 'point' because your ego is your 'interface' between your internal and external realities. If you have an over-inflated sense of yourself - known as egoism, that's the bad guy - then how you relate to people will reflect that. It'll also 'colour' your Spirituality. Similarly with low self esteem, you'll perhaps look for 'compensation' to balance your 'internal scales' 0 and that might be Spirituality.

A healthy ego means you have a healthy 'point of reference', how you perceive yourself, how you interact with people and the rest of 'out there reality' will be just as healthy.

[lemex]

Originally Posted by utopiandreamchild

I think having a sense of self worth is important, nothing wrong with a healthy ego imo.

Loved your previous point to. There seems to be much the same problem with the word ego as the word spiritual now. We do not like these two words. Let's keep them apart. One sees the relationship and connection of physical (ego) and spiritual (spirit). Are they or you connected in any way. Are the two connected and a sort of duality. Does one become a spirit and if spirit is real will they act the same.

[wstein]

Being 'spiritual' does not automatically eliminate human traits, especially in the early stages of pursuing spirituality.

Feeling 'above' others are matters of ego and being judgemental. One can be well into the intermediate 'levels' without either of those being dealt with. This is part of spiritual bypassing.

Feeling 'ahead' of others is based in the false notion that everyone follows the same path. It is extraordinarily rare for two spirits have all the same realizations let alone in the same order. Everyone's path is different, so comparing them is not a valid thing to do.

That being said, its clear, very clear when you know certain things that others do not. That gives the illusion of being more elevated. One need not know anything to be fully spiritually realized, one only needs to 'Be'.