Katrina cleanup, pictured.
Source: MysticSaint.blogspot.com (an amazing site).
Jasai and I (Big J) have been discussing the role of spirituality as it relates to social action. Is the sole purpose of spirituality to learn more about yourself and your God - and then teach others to follow your lead? Or is more ‘active’ social action a necessary component in spirituality? One writer, Imam Zaid Shakir, criticized Buddhism as “selfish” in that it focuses on the internal spirtual quest.
“There is a danger and flipside to spiritual quest. Some men and women who go into so called spiritual study, practices and thoughts often create around us a pseudo cocoon. We derive pseudo spiritual satisfaction with our selfish study, self centered personal enlightenment seeking.
“Intellectualization is good but only to a certain degree. Imbalance in any thing including spiritual and religious study is unwanted. One of the major problems of spiritual attachment is that it is very often amount to mere talk and personal self pride. Without real work in this world for real people all quest for religious and spiritual knowledge is fueling the ego with pride.
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