Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, by Chögyam Trungpa is a book addressing many common pitfalls of self-deception in seeking spirituality, which the author coins as Spiritual materialism. It is the transcript of two series of lectures given by Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970–71.In Psychology Today Michael J. Formica writes,
As soon as we cast something into a role, as soon as we put a label on it, as soon as we name it and give it life by virtue of our investment (read: ego), we take away all its power and it is nothing more than an event – it is no longer a spiritual revelation, but simply a material experience. That is spiritual materialism at its peak.
Used this with a book club for a couple weeks - it was a tough sell haha. Trungpa illuminates a truth which is unavoidably painful - we attach material things to our spiritual practices, to our detriment and demise. A very challenging perspective, but a necessary and balanced one. Some allusions to abuse that I thought were unnecessary (-1 star), but maybe I'm just holding on too tight.
Used this with a book club for a couple weeks - it was a tough sell haha. Trungpa illuminates a truth which is unavoidably painful - we attach material things to our spiritual practices, to our detriment and demise. A very challenging perspective, but a necessary and balanced one. Some allusions to abuse that I thought were unnecessary (-1 star), but maybe I'm just holding on too tight.
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