Yes, this is an interesting trend, mostly in India. Essentially it implies that God is moving out of fixed formats and entering into the crowded marts and the commonplace lanes of life. Overall it is something good, for the moment it is good. It is the equivalent of the hippie movement in the sixties about which the Mother observed that they are the ‘barbarians of the New World’ who broke the existing systems and opened the doors to new ways of approaching the Divine Reality. Here too the traditional distinctions between the sacred and the profane are being blurred out and a more wide opening to the spiritual life is taking place. It is not without its dangers but a risk that has to be taken by the advancing, evolving spiritual impulse in man.

What is being puffed up by righteousness? You said so before – what is meant by that? 🤨🌼🪶
Self-righteousness means pride believing oneself to be good, or always morally right, or simply superior to others in some way. It is a form of Sattwic ego which makes us stuck in our righteousness thereby prevents us from progressing further towards greater spiritual life. Pride and feelings of superiority take away from us the …

