04-10-2022, 10:12 PM
There are probably more frauds in the "spiritual" business than actual sincere people. At least on youtube.
One of the surest signs IMO is that they will usually take some well established and fairly well known concepts, then explain how everyone else only knows part of the truth but they know the whole truth, and actually it works this similar but slightly different way that no one else has ever said before.
Unfortunately these tactics work well and many people fall for stuff like it. A large group of seekers is very gullible. Wilcock is probably the best example with the fiasco of Goode, mass arrests, and Q Anon. His gullibility led others astray who trusted his work blindly. Whether or not wanderers are more susceptible or not, I have no idea, but the problems arise when you desire to believe something is greater than your desire to seek truth. Unfortunately many people who consider themselves spiritual would rather have dramatic lies and a sense of belonging, than often boring and uncomfortable truth.
Remember that people who get caught up in the tales of false gurus are getting caught because they desire to be, for whatever reason. All we can really do is point out the alternative in as non-judgemental and kind a way as possible, and wait for them to take the next steps.
One of the surest signs IMO is that they will usually take some well established and fairly well known concepts, then explain how everyone else only knows part of the truth but they know the whole truth, and actually it works this similar but slightly different way that no one else has ever said before.
Unfortunately these tactics work well and many people fall for stuff like it. A large group of seekers is very gullible. Wilcock is probably the best example with the fiasco of Goode, mass arrests, and Q Anon. His gullibility led others astray who trusted his work blindly. Whether or not wanderers are more susceptible or not, I have no idea, but the problems arise when you desire to believe something is greater than your desire to seek truth. Unfortunately many people who consider themselves spiritual would rather have dramatic lies and a sense of belonging, than often boring and uncomfortable truth.
Remember that people who get caught up in the tales of false gurus are getting caught because they desire to be, for whatever reason. All we can really do is point out the alternative in as non-judgemental and kind a way as possible, and wait for them to take the next steps.