Comments by "Sandy Clarke" (@sandyclarke6685) on "Dr. Todd Grande"
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It’s interesting how quickly people leap to Tolle’s defence with little, if any, proper rebuttal of Dr. Grande’s points. Has Tolle helped a lot of people from their perspective? Sure. The same can be and is said about any prominent cult leader, politician, and other public figures such as Jordan Peterson or Joe Rogan. People attach strongly to figures they admire, often without question, because they give them psychological comfort. One way you can test this is to take someone you really admire and ask, “Where might their critics have a point? What are some of the limitations of this person’s ideas?” People find these questions super easy to answer when it comes to figures they dislike; however, when addressing those same questions about people they admire, it becomes much more difficult. Which is ironic, since it feeds into the kind of dualistic thinking and blind acceptance that teachings such as Buddhism (where Tolle borrows much of his teachings from) warn against. It’s the cult mindset. If you can’t find anything at all to question about a person’s ideas, that’s a huge red flag. There’s an entire Buddhist sutta devoted to that problem.
If you find Tolle’s work helpful, great. At the same time, he’s neither infallible nor beyond criticism and if you find yourself reacting strongly on the basis of Grande having “cone after” Tolle, then you are about as far away from “ego death” as you can be.
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