03-12-2011, 12:00 AM
Gonzo wrote:Windwalker wrote: I'd go so far as to say that that habit of "correcting" others is not a mode of "helping" others, but of asserting ego, in spite of all one's good intentions.
Stalking others is not a matter of correcting others. It's a matter of challenging them to look at certain aspects of their behaviors and beliefs, usually things so deeply ingrained and unconscious they are unaware of them. The usual excuse for ignoring that sort of thing is to claim the stalker is merely asserting his ego.
That sounds good in theory, but how have you observed it playing out? Myself, I've seen it quickly devolve into altercations of the "enlightened" versus the "unenlightened". Some Toltec forums have been built on this sort of interaction, and I would submit that it's the exception rather than the rule that it doesn't produce a dis-spiritng effect, rather than a "more aware" membership.
Stalking others is not a matter of correcting others. It's a matter of challenging them to look at certain aspects of their behaviors and beliefs, usually things so deeply ingrained and unconscious they are unaware of them. The usual excuse for ignoring that sort of thing is to claim the stalker is merely asserting his ego.
That sounds good in theory, but how have you observed it playing out? Myself, I've seen it quickly devolve into altercations of the "enlightened" versus the "unenlightened". Some Toltec forums have been built on this sort of interaction, and I would submit that it's the exception rather than the rule that it doesn't produce a dis-spiritng effect, rather than a "more aware" membership.