I can’t follow too many spiritual teachers these days because most of them lack the ability to hold contradictory perspectives. For example, the person who teaches that we need to transcend the ego, doesn’t also believe that you can listen to and work with your ego. Or, the person who teaches that sexual desires need to be corralled and subdued, doesn’t also believe that those desires are not only natural but spiritual.
Pretty much every spiritual teacher I know, teaches that double-mindedness is bad, and drawing a line in the sand is good. But what if double-mindedness is natural, and denying it is what makes you inauthentic? Continue reading “Yeah, I’m Double-Minded and I’m Totally Okay With That”