What are some ways a spiritualist could develop a bad reputation?

Question

What are some ways someone who has chosen the spiritual path develop a bad reputation?

Answer 1

Exploiting poor people.

Turning away people who need genuine help for financial profit.

Manipulating people and situations to suit your own needs.

Bad spiritualists and bad politicians have alot of the same deficiencies.

Answer 2

Dear Amanitvam:

Spiritualists and traditional denominational-ists - I think what Jesus, Buddha, The Hindi religion and Islam, Metaphyics-ists ALL need to think upon is this:

Whatever you have learned makes you a teacher in the world. Perhaps, not teaching publicly on TV or Radio - but still teaching. You see many of your brothers do not know what you have learned. Many do not turn inward toward God at the Center of their Being. So when the "teachers" of the world speak to others - what they know always comes out of them during some conversation with friends, relatives, or business associates. Something ends up being mentioned, that others "catch" onto.

Then, they begin to look at you. . .observe you. Each of us has the ability to be of great influence to each other. We always take in what others think and often incorporate their thoughts into our own thinking. Especially when you speak of the Creator, or Force, Godhead, Father, Abba. People think upon it.

I believe what the Great Teachers want from their lesser teachers/messengers is: Everything they do - all things - be done with moderation. Bad language - excessive drinking - disrespect for the opposite sex - bad mouthing due to envy or competitiveness - all these things make people turn away from someone who feels they have learned what is at the Center of their Being. Those behaviors do not reflect learning.

I believe the minute we have learned enough to talk about it with others, a responsibility begins. Reflect what the Father Created.

I hope this is of profit for contemplation.

Answer 3

1. Channeling reruns of "Svengooli";

2. Sinking upon attempting to walk on water;

3. Trying to heal the sick, but causing them cancer, instead;

4. Smoking in public;

5. Wearing or using ANY geometric forms or Mandalas, because people interpret all of that as Devil-Worship;

6; Having sandals that don't fit right;

7. Doing miracles that involve multiplying pizza and beer;

8. Not changing water into wine, but into Jack Daniels;

9. Failing to control His/Her followers when they poison multitudes of people in a gathering;

10. Appearing on the Maury Povich show.

:-) Humor , humour, people!

Answer 4

Being honest to the point that they tell people everything, even those things that were told in confidence.

Sticking their nose into everyone else's business while maintaining they are only doing "God's Work"... yet, their own life is a mess because of their negligence.

Those are the 2 main ones I can think of.

Answer 5

Knowing the spiritualist/psychic/medium is a 100% fraud, that's good enough to give him/her a bad reputation.

Answer 6

Because, as it happens to Mary Magdalene centuries ago, we can't be controlled by religious authorities... and that bothers almost everyone!

Answer 7

Don't live in small towns---(if you do keep to yourself...talk only to people you trust)......they like to brand you as a 'Devil Worshipper' and more cute little names similar to that.

Answer 8

By doing anything negative and not of the light.

Answer 9

probably isolation,