Why do we try to encumber others Spiritual growth by saying they are on the wrong Path?

Question

We are All, even the atheists, are on the right Spiritual Path


Namaste

Peace and Love

Answer 1

I have come to understand this also but some think they have a corner on Truth & some will go so far as violently protecting their percieved corner of the Truth. I guess they think that in order to prove they are right they must prove you are wrong. What some don't realize is that we really are one & the person sitting across from them is in the very real sense of the term themselves. The reason it is said Judge not lest you shall be judged is that every time you you judge your brother, everytime you say you are saved but he is not, you will suffer the same judgement you place on him, even if you don't accept it or can understand how the pieces fit together. Don't all the major , & even the less major belief systems say love your brother? Proving your brother wrong in your mind does not make you anymore right, or in reality mean that you did succeed in proving your brother wrong. We are all going to the same place, & we need all of us to get there.

Answer 2

Not everyone is on the right path, but I don't think its a good idea too tell someone they are on the wrong path unless they ask why is this happening to me. I've notice that some people who ask are always struggling and most of the time repeating the same mistakes over and over again. I think one makes more progress by being a good example.

Answer 3

What a sad thought. If we are all on the right spiritual path for us, that suggests those who are on the Wide Path to Destruction have no option to switch tracks.
Which is completely untrue.

Answer 4

Everyone cannot be on the right path unless everyone is on the same path or a path leading to the same place.

"Every man must be judged for what he is and treated accordingly . . . just as you do not pay a higher price for a rusty chunk of scrap than for a piece of shining metal, so you do not value a rotter above a hero . . . To withhold your contempt from men's vices is an act of moral counterfeiting, and to withhold your admiration from their virtues is an act of moral embezzlement." -Ayn Rand

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Answer 5

It annoys me to no end that many of my Christian brothers and sisters are guilty of this.

Yes, Digilook, every one of us is on the right path. Even if that path leads to "hell," if you will, it is the right path. It is all about choice. It is a choice for us to embrace the darkness or the light. It is a choice for us to determine how we will perceive Source. It is a choice for us to live our lives with honor or not. It is a choice for us to judge others for their choices, or let them live their lives free of judgment, just as we enjoy doing.

We always have two choices. We can stay or we can go. We can live or we can die. We can ascend or we can embrace Armageddon. And every path is honorable, for it is what our Source encourages us to do, whether that Source has a specific name or is simply us at our highest state of being, or simply us.

"Dark or light, the choice remains.
Dark or light, our lives sustained.
Dark or light, the way to peace.
Dark or light, this world WILL cease."

Namaste

Answer 6

Don't judge others, don't ask questions, just observe.

It may be someone else's spiritual path to realise that they don't need to tell someone else that they are on the wrong path.

Answer 7

Because belief in the Bible teaches that those who don't have a personal relationship with Jesus will perish in Hell. I don't want anyone to perish. You are right that love should be done in all things...if only more people showed love. Love more and judge less.

Answer 8

so it is a tautology to say someone is on the right spiritual path?

Answer 9

Because some will cite Bible in a way that is not of God and we want all to know the truth.

Answer 10

It is hard for some to accept that there is more than one path to reach the same destination.