The overlooked oxymoron
Organizations, by their
very nature, compete,
make profits, want to
supersede each other.
At times, they’d even
cannibalize, to survive,
or to be on the throne.
Spirituality, a journey
into the unknown,
empowers individuals
to embark on their own;
it’s an education less
taught, more learned,
and experienced alone.
Spiritual organizations,
therefore, an oxymoron.
© supratik 2023
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Absolutely and aren’t we seeing the lack of spirituality expressed by the major corporations now!
Unless of course, we are talking about satanism. Then it fits perfectly!
Alison x
True. Sad that many spiritual organisations, albeit doing a lot of good, are engaging in building themselves à la corporate; as a result, Gnyana yoga undermining Bhakti yoga and Bhakti yoga openly cursing Gnyana yogis. Corruption is bound to set in if gurus want to bring everyone under the same umbrella. There are plenty of gurus still in the Himalayas who are not really bothered to convince anyone in their powers, not that they are not concerned, but they are more on the path of knowing themselves. Spirituality is, as I understand, with my limited understanding, a journey of the… Read more »
An old tale – can’t recall who’s: The devil and a friend are taking a walk; up ahead, they see a man stoop down and pick something up – then pop into his pocket. The friend asks the devil – “did you see what he picked up?” “Yes”, the devil replied “a piece of the truth”. “Well, that can’t be good for you” – said the friend. “Not at all – I’ll just let him organise it”.
Anyway, I liked the poem, it speaks truth.
Thank you for the response. Much appreciated.