Robin Wu
Taiji Kitten
This is a correlation I thought to be the case for a while now on the internet, but I happened to have stumbled upon a 2020 study that fulfills this confirmation bias of mine: New study links some forms of spiritual training to narcissism and “spiritual superiority”
Apparently, there’s this term called “spiritual superiority” which studies have defined as
Is this a correlation you folks have noticed before?
Apparently, there’s this term called “spiritual superiority” which studies have defined as
- “the misuse of spiritual practices, energies, or experiences to bolster self-centered ways of being.”
- “a situation “in which the individual believes he or she has become somehow enlightened in a way that others have not, and operates from a disconnecting stance of spiritual superiority.”
- “an ‘I’m enlightened and you’re not’ syndrome.”
Is this a correlation you folks have noticed before?