Some folks see nothing but problems, don’t you know.
If guns weren't so emotional and unpredictable they would be much easier to control.
No wait ... that's women.
Democrats are demonizers, like you Sculptor.
For example, the inherent need of woman to knock man off balance
'Fox is run by women and they've run off most of the men; what men who remain are entertainers, which is how I know not to watch Fox. I've experienced this first hand.
Constantly dividing the world. Constantly contrasting himself with others or the category he is in with the category of others. (nationality, sex, sexuality....and so on), Constantly engaging in interpersonal dynamics that would get his ass thrown out of the company of these gurus (as would the behavior of many people here, myself included. however we are not pretending that we believe in the various perfections and ideas of these gurus).
There's this 1) non-dualism schema, veneration of these gurus, clump in his brain that leads to one set of abstract cliche posts about gurus and non-dualism.
There's this 2) his-own-version of conservatism that leads to his hatred of, and utter dis-identification with, THE OTHER clump in his brain.
He's generally condescending rather than openly aggressive. Because that's where the hypocrite hides his aggression and claims to not be like all the people he hates and the people who point out this shit.
And this is very much the kind interpersonal dynamics gurus get into.
You can meditate diligently for decades (the gurus, not a dabbler like Walker) and never get at the sickness in your soul, even though wonderful non-dual and other states are reached.
Point any of this out and schema two is activated and gets expressed.
Bring up a spiritual topic, or when some guru appears, and schema 1 appears.
Almost like an alter with no memory of the other alter and no integration.