Spirituality is a Cult. 

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True spirituality is about quieting the mind and noticing the self's thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that are not loving, then healing and releasing false beliefs to elevate your self. The only things that matter are those that can be taken with us when we die. Don't confuse a spiritual path with anything another person does. That is their path. Your path is uniquely yours. Follow your heart and guidance, not people-- unless you are inspired to do so. The idea that countless individuals who are seeking God comprise a cult is absurd. Cults are about control, and it is impossibe to control people at a distance. Stop blaming anyone outside yourself, because there is nothing outside of self. Meditate and watch your mind and self-talk. Be of loving service to others whenever the opportunity arises.

Well said man. Spirituality and manifestation will only take you so far, but without taking physical action and embracing this reality, nothing will come of it.

Ahh, the spiritual journey trap. David, in 2012, I ate ketamine and LSD in Vancouver, BC and woke up a new man. I had all the answers about "the light" that my artificial Intelligence charged new findings had to offer. I was read to give, and I took this new experience and decided to embark on my mission. The people that I awoke with were my "light warriors". I soon woke up with no friends and a realization that I had taken several steps backwards in the realm of personal success. I applaud you for understanding the paradigms to these traps! Bravo!

You are still on a spiritual journey......you just advanced to the next level. Congratulation! Everything that has happened, everything that you did was part of the spiritual journey. Sometimes we walk in the wrong direction, which is okay, if we realize it and change direction. “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” ― Lao Tzu "There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." ― Gautama Buddha

Spiritual ego is a cult. Common sense, a faith in moving through adversity with a peace with being present, aware, yet relaxed, and the ability to accept life is about adapting to situations and learning to have a decent sense of humility and patience rather than morality dominant hierarchies of thinking in analytical comparison of every thing, are what gives life balace and bring a sense of feeling life a wonderous experience. Its infinite potentiality and life flows where your attention goes.

After years of following a spiritual path I became enlightened not in a spiritual way but a clear and crisp understanding that there is no such thing as Spirituality or Spiritual Healing via Chakra Alignment etc etc. This is a physical life a physical reality and life with a Pre-Destined Blue Print. We cannot project manage (manifest into) our lives. Action speaks volumes. Spirituality seeks Spiritual Ego and judgment. Live Life to your fullest and enjoy the time you have with loved ones and don’t be so hard on yourself for all the f-ups because you’re human and learning. Let our Soul, Higher self, Spirit whatever you want to call it worry about their spirituality. We’re the ones down here that feel the pain, passion, joy & aging etc so go live it. 😊

I understand that I was not happy to be here. And I was so mad for being here. I felt out of place, time and everything. I went far far away my entire life, away from my family, my relationships, my country, and kept moving from one place to another looking for a sense of belonging somewhere. Became a monk in my own ways, shaved my hair off , became celibate, refused to live a normal life. I mean I felt like I am not one of them. But that was part of the process of transformation that was happening within me. There was a point where I began to notice that I missed being me, nomatter how much I rejected myself, I found myself loving me a bit more. I was turning human again, and that too slowly began to feel so peaceful. All the kicking and yelling to leave finally started to wear off, I started to calm down and once I began to be okay with everything just the way it is, I noticed all this time I was actually rejecting being a part of the whole. Some mystery taught me to realise that I am a family member and I was never abandoned. My family (existence) brought me back to life that I was fighting so hard to leave. Life revived me back to my senses of being alive. Thankyou for sharing your experience and welcome home. Thankyou for returning back.

This hasn’t been my experience of spirituality at all, for me it was very personal and didn’t come from a book. Trying to change people or feeling superior seems totally backwards from my experience of spirituality. I also built my business alongside my spiritual journey and have been very successful. There is a place in my life for spirituality alongside business, science, leisure etc.

You're actually expressing a specific mindset we can trap ourselves in when our ego confuses us into attaching ourselves into certain outcomes which is the opposite of spirituality. Experiencing this feelings, thoughts, & emotions are all apart of the proccess.

Wise words. I also feel that I have attempted a spiritual journey to let go of attachment. Then realized I’m attached to spirituality. In my experience, If you really want to level up; take on a woman and kids. Have a daughter and you’re never the same.

All paths lead nowhere. A path with heart will make you feel strong and have a fulfilling life. A path without heart will make you hate your life and it will weaken you. Not a direct quote, but the message is in one of the Carlos castaneda books. Basically the bottom line is the purpose of life isn’t to find some path that you think you must be on, rather the purpose of life is to have the courage to follow your heart wherever it may take you.

Judgementalism is a cult not spirituality forgiveness is freedom ✨

Enlightenment is funny like that. Once you have an inclination, you share, you judge. The ego goes up many levels to be above the rest. Then you accept the nature of things. You realize chasing enlightenment is the same struggle as everything else. Slowly one learns to be this AND that. Because this is all we get and there is no difference in this experience. Often enlightenment is something we judge others to have and is quite unattainable for ourselves, yes? 😉

A fixed ideology and pursuit of a destination that is undisturbed is an obstacle for curiosity, which is what unlocks the key to a free and abundant life! This is a sensible statement! thank you!

Spirituality is an ancient human instinct. It's an evolved survival strategy: People who consider themselves spiritual are more suicide-resistant because they perceive themselves as having an enhanced appreciation of life and the universe we live in. So, it can be useful for the survival of the species. It's religion that's a bunch of cults :)

That's because Ireland is spiritually dead right now mate(from dublin). Our stories are actually very similar man I really enjoy watching these videos! I am just a year or two behind you and it so good hearing your reflections, hopefully I can learn so I don't make the same mistakes!! I don't think it was a sunken cost at all at all mate, you might not realise how wise you have become but you truly understand this stuff now because you lived it.

DUDE! The message and feels are much appreciated! Thank you for posting and involving us in your life!

Thanks for sharing. Life is a strange thing and has a way of showing you, the older you get the less you know.

I find that the mind is full of never-ending traps of "living the right way," "being a good person," etc... I once fell into that spiritual ego trap, came out of it, and fell into another trap of judging people with spiritual egos! it is never-ending. It's apparent to me that all of this is merely a dance, a song, an aliveness, a really crazy story.

Haven't watched the video yet but Spirituality is not a cult we are all spiritual multi dimensional beings and it doesn't have to get any deeper than that.

David, your journey and my journey seem to be incredibly similar, nearly everything you say, I have also experienced and am experiencing. I’ve thought I’ve found all the answers a few times, and each time, I realize I know nothing. This journey is confusing to say the least, these minds we have are quite the enigmas. I always appreciate your videos, thank you.

Spirituality is to learn about yourself not to feel youre above anyone else. And cult is about making everyone become like you. And all it starts is with belief. when everyone accepts the belief and follows its way of life then it becomes a culture. And when the cult's way of life is made into a law that everyone must follow then it becomes religion

This resonates. Been there and bought the t-shirt David. Still here but sold the t-shirt. Now just a 63 year old bloke, that is apparently a 'can't pin me down artist' and 'spiritually' all I know is that I don't know (and I'm not even certain of this). Keep being you my friend. What do they say...Relax, nobody has got this! ....maybe? x

Money does help with physical item's and housing and one gets to buy toys. Eventually one becomes bored with the toy and money will eventually leave you. I mean it's nice to have things but they can't give us lasting enjoyment. All relationships will also come to an end because they either leave you or if they do stay together they will eventually have to depart this Life and separate. Now that I think about it, I see nothing wrong with buying a nice car and enjoying it. Yes i will eventually get bored with it like all people. Having things only provides temporary pleasure. Recognizing The Mystery of Life and reflecting on The Cosmos and Grand Scheme of thing's provides True Peace and True Joy. Just going outside and gazing into The Stars sets our perspective in proper order.😊

In spirituality, you always hear "ego bad", "get rid of ego" This is so naive, ego is part of who we are, it is our survival mechanism in society, without the ego you'll be walked all over. You can balance your ego but not get rid of it because ego is part of us and we need it to function in society.

dude thank you so much for sharing this. im kinda coming outa this phase you are speaking of. i have felt lost and confused for a while now but have found some calm and peace from this video. have a good day dude. much love

You have gone full circle but you broke out of the infinate snake eating its tail. Like lsd you always end up back where you started. The ultimate mindset is that to say i know that i know nothing🎉

Speaking for myself I feel that I'm in a much better place than I was before I embarked on a spiritual path. Yes, there were roadblocks and parts where I judged others or tried to change them but I saw that as a necessary stage in my spiritual progression, just as I am still progressing spiritually right now and will experience more road blocks and then learn from them. It's a never ending cycle, but I still see it as better than being stuck with the same dilemmas you have been for 30 years and refusing to change a thing.

INTERESTING AND ENLIGHTING. THANK YOU MATE!

Spirituality is just good emotional health really. Whatever road you take it all ends in the same place. Good emotional and mental health and growth. It’s a personal journey. And you can absolutley call it spirituality if you want.

I appreciated all of your observations, and your vulnerability in sharing them. Thank you.

Hmmm. Well, exploring eastern philosophy has freed me of so much suffering. It's saved my butt!

Thank you David for sharing. There is nothing worse then "practice spirituality" with The Mind. As Mind haven't got a clue what is beyond it and what is giving it power. It always gets stuck in beliefs, and every belief is only belief and not knowing. Until we learn to let go and surrender to life we can't be free, so I understand when you say that not knowing gives you the freedom and abundance. It sounds easy and yet is not but reminding yourself humbly on daily basis definitely helps.

Thank what ever power you believe in that you got yourself away from whatever the hel* kind of journey you were on. That sounds terrible. It certainly was a round about way of realizing spirituality is not trying to wear a box someone else designed. Living your best life is quite possibly the most perfect spirituality of all. Much success is wished for you this day and all days. 💛

We are life. We create life. Good vibes = Good life! We have always been and always will be. We choose a journey of exploration into not knowing, into total separation and disconnection from life. After eons upon eons of time we created Earth to end the process of not knowing. Now we are, as we always were, and we always will be. Welcome home! 💙🌍💚🌎💜🌏❤

Grounded. Reasoned. Well Done.

Some points well made, thanks.

Spirituality itself isn't the problem - pretending an ego trip (I'm superior to other people etc) is spirituality is a problem.

The Freedom of Not Knowing 😢

What a great video! I don't know what I was expecting when I came across this video but it wasn't the message you conveyed, and yet I'm really glad to have come across it. I hear a lot myself in your words and reflections. I came across this video when reflecting on my own naivety as a slightly younger version of myself, wondering how it all came to be to bring me to the point of my life I am now.

Going down the spiritual path as I am just learning created so much self judgment, judgement of others, entitlement, too much self focus, ocd, anxiety, isolation and an alter ego! Plus limerence, tarot, dowsing etc (ie wanting control) I was much happier before this journey- far more humble for sure! I have lost myself in attempting to be perceived as perfect! Perceive being the word! I believe many are bow realising this. I am now attempting to undo all this awareness’ and just be what was fully intended- a human being! Thank you ❤️

This is very much different indeed, great video!

Perhaps you may find some helped answers from Mark Passio (natural laws, and new age bullshit). We have been so brainwashed. I have similar experiences and then I asked myself the question:" why am I doing all this?" Answer :" to escape the pain of childhood trauma" .....I was distracted by doing all these spiritual things and I disconnected more and more from myself. Now I am doing Inner Bonding Dr .Margaret Paul. It is very helpful. Thank you for sharing and for the free meditation ❤❤❤

Such an excellent video. So interesting and broad minded.

Spirituality and religion used to be two different things but they are much closer now that tribalism is everywhere. Wherever there is a guru/disciple dynamic there is a cult in the making. Nothing is more dangerous than a shared belief, because it ultimately reinforces limitation, confusion, and conflict.

Bro! I love where you are with this awareness. I have had a rather similar experience. Different path (of course) but reflective results. If we ever have the opportunity, I would love to have a conversation with you. Found you here on youtube today (5/13/24) and followed. I look forward to where our paths lead. Together or apart, I’m here for it ✌🏻

Its interesting how knowledge follows experience. Sharing what you've learned has helped me form new insights on these topics.

Devotion to Any Thing can be calked a Cult. Devotion in Following a Football team, Politics, Entertainers ,etc, etc. are all Cults. No Big Deal.

this is great 🎉

Anything can become a cult if we approach it like a co dependent. Different is not automatically a cult.

all you have to do is be yourself .........if you attach anything to anything...your lost......

Great to see this video, I'm really seeing a lot of "spiritual grandiosity" where people who consider themselves spiritual are themselves as vastly superior. I see this in videos talking about " the chosen ones" and so many others and comments from people claiming their superiority over ordinary people because they're on the spiritual path to enlightenment. No matter how we look at it, we live in a material world and have to deal with this,

I think the spiritual community is growing past this ideology that money is bad. Money is necessary. Growing a business CAN be a spiritual journey. Being conscious about the value exchange is a great way to be of service. Wealth and spirituality are not mutually exclusive. I'm learning to be a lot less judgemental. Not perfect, but practicing. Peace and blessings!💗

spirit = breath Trust no man with air in his nostrils⚔️

I have a good hippy friend who “lived without money” and we all used to pitch in to help him out, he would tend to “manifest” people buying him what he needed.., that whole manifesting trend caused a lot of lost and confused people. Also, pursuing enlightenment is one of the silliest quests I’ve ever heard. Accept where you are and work with what’s on your plate already. Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment : chop wood, carry water

Our lifes are our message and mission,how are you living? look up your human design and what your profile means,im cliser to 63 than i am to 62 and it is profound to know I'm a generator with 1/3 profile honesty kids need to he taught this,some ppl are projectors, reflectors,or manufesting/generation❤❤Ty for this

As soon as you feel as though you have to get somewhere from where you are, the price you pay for that is the horrors.

I do all of what you've said here. And now, I feel stuck.

Maybe check out some podcasts with Joe Dispenza. He's good at explaining the scientific side of the coin. Some people seem to think spirit and science are at odds with each other. This is one way of looking at it. Good video.

Refreshing your message is….

Listen to Eckhart Tolle and Michael Singer.

Hard honest work of any kind is where you find peace,fulfillment and inner peace,the rest is all others imagination,all esoteric teachings,religions,it's all made up by others,it always was and always will be,glad to see you escaped the claws of others delusions and illusions,the simple fact is,you'll find out the meaning of life the moment you pass.peace be with you always.

Its a balance .Meditation is everything. Your comparing and judging people to much overthinking everything.

I really liked your honest open talk. But spirituality can be seen not just about life. For me I got interested in spirituality through the experience of death and realizing impermanence!

Brotha, Cease identification with fictitious thought and material to begin releasing yourself from the form of the norm. Stay free like a bird chirping your spoken word.

Every collective movement in this world ends up being infiltrated and building pyramids. It's easy to get caught by something that starts in a horizontal frame and turns into a vertical one. The result is always the same, remove sovereignty (bottom) and concentrate power (top). Everything that gets to you, should be seen as just information that is available for you to discard or use it to complement your own puzzle which is unique. Why would you follow others?

Certain knowledge is hidden for a reason 🐍🍎. The urge to hold our beliefs keeps us sane. But at some point you have to ask yourself WHY you want this sacred knowledge and how it would actually impact your life and the people around you. Reading peoples mind and things like that are dope af. But in reality it would be terrifying. As a person whose seen the "end" of kundalini and things of that sort I can say God aint feelin it at all.

You wanted to being a spiritual journey just to be SOMETHING/GAIN SOMETHING. But you cant reach the place of deep understanding, love and complete peace, stillness and unity...while complaining about the fact that youre not, dropping it because it wasnt all peace love and joy;) spirutality isnt about that,, but rather about...the opposite of enjoying such journey, its painful and can be lonely, and theres a reason for it. You cant want to eliminate your ego, yet doing everything according to what it tells you❤ I believe you gad good intentions, you just werent ready or truly wanted or understood what its about. Philosophy or psychology might benifit you more!

you are right meditation cannot enlighten you.........but, that's because there is nothing to attain and it is not a thing 'you' can 'get'. meditation reveals what you are already.

Spirituality is about going within to bring yourself peace the moment ypu fall into the new age trap then yes you are in a cult but spirit isnt abput pushing your veiws onto others the moment you feel superior to pthers your not on the path your still way up in your ego its about appreciation for all creation and by helping yourself ypu will naturally help others so i think its a bit of a huge statement to say all spirituality is a cult true wisdom is to realise we dont have all the answers and thats okay but fare play dude and good luck to you 👍 thabks for the video

Moments of mystery...

I can't decide,🤔really fkn clever or a broken clock

What many people call 'spirituality' is ESCAPISM. Business is a spiritual game.

No religion is a cult.

I think what you meant was "new age"

Spirituality: the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. You can't do that if you love physical things the way we do Dave! LOL! Keep the funds flowing in Bro!

If We are just pieces of flesh, what is the matter if it is a cult?

You didn't leave the 'cult' you gained promotion in it,you've grown,.🙏lol

Doesn't sound like spirituality was the problem here...

Jays boys you know we're a long time dead. Stinking thinking makes a cripple.

Depends what kind of sprituality. If you talk about unintelligent spirituality like in India (where I come from) then yes, why do I say that ? because they think death is evil, they worship animals while at the same time cross breed them essentially destroying the natural lineage. There are many things I can say but I prefer to not talk about those things, but if you talk about shamanism, then no I dont think its a cult. You accept the reality as is, and understand that everything and every situation the creator is observing it through your vessel.

It sounds like you were perfecting every principle but noticed you needed the perfect type of honesty that was bonded to intuition and having no fear of abuse. All groups are cults at this point whether subtle energies or main because we are all spiritual people on the way to sanctification and those attributes that are wrong are still part of a process whether it is a group or more primordial. Don’t give up your future chances to dance with the rest but the opposite alone is not necessarily burning the needed bridges. Definitely be vegan though. Merry Christmas. It might seem random but you can have a scientific hate for everyone because I can sure tell you humans are not of purity, so that can be known for the sake of reason concerning what is worthy scientifically.

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Irony is that Enlightenment is Madness, realizing we live inside a nightmare of Mass Insanity, that most normal average people are "evil", the Mammal Cannibal Holocaust, the never ending Suffering caused by Selfishness , and the Nondualistic realization that on a cosmic level, I myself am ultimately responsible and to blame for all of it. Enlightenment is the opposite of Peace, the opposite of contentment, happiness, serenity and probably leads to suicide. I am pretty confident in the end, it will all make sense , has value, and will turn out OK and positive, but seeking Enlightenment and over thinking death and Ultimate Meaning is a waste of time. Our only spiritual responsibility in this lifetime is to minimize Suffering and not create Unnessesary Suffering...in non fancy terms,..the Golden Rule. . Spiritualy starts and ends here, everything else is BS

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Spirituality is nothing but unorganized religion. The difference is people cherry pick what fits them, and reject the rest, or reinterprets it to fit their narrative.

Stop seeking and you will find

Saying spirituality is a cult, is like saying being a human is a cult, it's a natural state. Yoga and meditation is just a way to quiet the mind. Stop putting everything in a category

Synchronic.....money....mono eye ...moon high. Our choice... infinite choice...here's a bill pill

Bruh, cut it out with the milk… that’s beyond a milk mustache !!

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A series of rabbit holes and reality tunnels that all lead to one place...Lucifer

PsyOps be psyopsin.

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The Bible warns us not to be full of it ...full of spirit; since it's the spirit of the anticrist, where we become our own saviours, performing ritual after ritual days on end. Seek to be filled with Holy Spirit instead, and it's is free, BTW. Seek the truth and the Truth shall set you free. Seek your own "spirituality"(counterfeit of the Holy Spirit) and you will be enslaved for life, because you'll be constantly doing something to work on karma/inner child/ past traumas/ past lives , the list goes on and on

John St Julien Baba Wanyama YT, will show you how to connect with the divine. And his works prove it❤️

duh.

I guess the truth is a cult too lmao Go within and do your shadow work be the creator of your own reality and stop trying to fit in

If I am being honest, it seems like you didn't have a guru. I never heard a guru say you don't have to work, and you can just manifest money. That literally doesn't make any sense at all, I never heard any scripture from the east say this either. Many sadhus were beggers, like St. Francis of Assisi. This idea of "manifesting" money without work is not in any eastern teaching that I am aware of. Not eating meat is fine, but it doens't make you superior in any way. Many Christian monks do not eat meat either like the monks of Mt. Athos. The "new age" steals a lot of ancient teachings from the east and warps them into something that's not at all what the teachings originally taught. It's like Hitler who stole the swastika, but everything nazi's stand for is the opposite of what the swastika originally stood for. I never heard any guru say that having money is an obstacle to enlightenment. If you think you knew everyting, because of a book, you never really understood anything. Any sadhu would laugh at you to think you know things because you read them in a book. True teachings come from direct experience, not books. Books are lika a map which leads to the knowledge, it's not the knowledge itself. Just like the bible points towards God, but it's not God itself. My guru always encouraged me to work and make money, he never taught me any of this new age stuff you spoke about. True faith is not about knowing the truth, it's an openess to truth, what ever it may be. You could say in a way science is based on faith.

What you did was practise rituals and take it like a religion. Spirituality is completely different thing than a religion.