Lukewarm Spiritualism

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Jesus is reported to have said “Since you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold - I will spit you out of my mouth!” The Ra Material refers to the polarizing of the human soul -perhaps the same hot or cold, and the difficulty this task actually presents. In our recent history, we experienced the influence of a number of polarizing individuals in America -but others also who served no purpose but to confound their seekers and impede their progress in learning the means of service.
The “New Age Spiritualism” brought to us by Swami Prabhupada and Allen Ginsberg in New York and Jiddu Krishnamurti, and Alan Watts on the west coast collided with the so-called hippie movement of the sixties and hijacked their opposition to the Vietnam War to spread a message of peace (drugs) and Love (indiscriminate sex). The message was absolutely clear “if it feels good, do it!”.
These supposed gurus taught their followers to renounce society and its customs, its religions, its philosophies- and even its rules about marriage and fidelity. "Hare Krishna” was the chant of tens of thousands who went into the streets deceptively begging by offering flowers or booklets and then demanding money. The chants were always the same: "There is no way…";  "there is no truth…”; dig it?
This movement looks choreographed in retrospect, with the thrills of a hollywood set including:  The former second pick for “World Teacher”, a messiah/buddha, from a family of elite Brahmin Indians; a zen thinker from Britain with a pointy beard; a full-out robe wearing guru in the city with thousands of look-alike followers, and of course the rambling, passionate beat-poet. Throw in a few cameos such as David Bohm and George Harrison then add a few run-ins with the law, and get this on film!
The pockets of the leaders of this “new age” were continually filled by book sales for the philosophers and tax exempt corporations funding “trips" for the former messiah and the Swami. (Yeah that’s right, corporations). But “Its all good” right?
No, it is not all good.
Being afraid of bad is not good.
It is certainly not good to have "no ego" as the leaders of this movement taught their fold.
The milquetoast spirituality of these con men would be laughable if it were not for the loss of opportunity of so many who wished for something more.