Aggression and spirituality: is it possible to be angry and spiritually developed?

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AVAlexander VolchekSpiritual development and the spiritual pathSpiritAngerTruthF/Friend / friends

What is said here

• 00:00There are also outward signs of a spiritual person: someone who wears particular clothes, spends time in particular places, sits in particular poses, and looks distinctive.Spirit · Ego
• 03:30We have particular ways of perceiving people. If we see someone in monastic robes walking through a city—and we have not gone to Lhasa…Spirit · Lhasa
• 11:40“Someone decided that.” “Or if it causes someone pain of some kind. But again, I understand that—” “What kind of pain? Exactly. The next question is what kind of pain.”Spirit · Truth
• 13:28When we discuss spiritual people, we understand perfectly well that the world is spiritual. I will repeat: if you believe the world is physical, discussing…Spirit
• 15:07“For me, probably the opposite. The question is how I—” “That is relative. When you practice and develop, it is, on one hand, a sign of spirituality. It is not…”Friend / friends · Spirit · Truth
• 23:45I want to repeat that the development of a person’s spiritual structure is reflected only to a very limited extent in what they do here—in their everyday actions…Spirit · Spiritual hierarchies
• 25:12Does that make them spiritually undeveloped? That is the important point. There is another very, very important point.Love · Spirit
• 27:47A month or a month and a half ago, I went skating with my children and fell on both knees. My knees still hurt quite badly. I fell by accident; there was no cause behind it.Freedom · Health · Karma
• 31:07Can we compare different indicators? Yes, but not with the aim of separating people or elevating them.Spirit · Truth · Ego
• 36:36Can someone take part in different discussions and different subject areas—different discussions, different subject areas? What are they actually like?Spirit · Mom / mother · United States

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• 12:44

  On the other hand, when we speak of a spiritual person, we suppose, for example, that such a person cannot do bad things.

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• 15:12

  When you practice and develop, it is, on one hand, a sign of spirituality. It is not the opposite of spirituality; it is a sign of spirituality, because you are trying not to harm another person.

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• 18:56

  Of course, as we have discussed, ego can convey absolutely anything: the most desirable, the best thing this world has to offer.

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• 21:47

  When someone in a state of true goodness pounds a fist on the table or says sharply, “Everyone stop right now!” because children have scattered in a forest with dangerous snakes.

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• 26:19

  That is why we should always be careful about judging someone for an action—why I even gave the example of smoking a cigarette—and look more broadly at what is happening and what causes those actions.

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• 27:11

  One person close to me did that work. I would sometimes ask, “Why has this tension appeared here again?” He said, “Because you are a living person.”

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• 28:03

  It did not need a cause so that my knees would hurt afterward.

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• 28:44

  Many people think a serious illness results from actions in previous lives.

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• 32:16

  Someone asks, “At the very beginning, before I understood any of this, could I start doing many good things because other people tell me about them, because I cannot determine what is good or bad?”

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• 35:03

  I gave this example not to condemn someone—this is important—or, conversely, to say it is very good.

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