Cultivating the Sacred or Familiarity breeds contempt?
Cultivating the Sacred or Familiarity breeds contempt? You own an exotic stunning Bengal Cat. Gorgeous markings, intelligent maybe even psychic, often acts more like a dog than a tiger and also poops. The whole package is the cat. Do you focus on the smell and inconvenience of the poop when sharing stories and talking about the cat? Do you always bring up in conversation what you know about the cat poop and perhaps other unsavory (in your limited outlook) behaviors? No. Usually you brag on your cat. Yet when it comes to humans, people will brag on how much they know the unsavory (in their opinion) underside of someone especially if it is a movie star, or a teacher, healer, or a Spiritual Teacher. It is as if you know some “gory” details about someone of “note” that is proof you are “in with the in crowd” because you know these things. If it is a spouse and you do this, it can often be an underhanded way of control or expressing anger that you do not have the courage or m...