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The spiritual-oriented individual-


  • avoids fixation on marriage & its rituals; instead focusing on self-givingness, harmony, & love


  • avoids preoccupation with private property and its acquisition


  • does not resort to physical punishment (e.g. against children by parents)


  • does not force children to be like themselves


  • does not defer and look up to other’s power and influence


  • does not seek fame and personal recognition (they e.g. seek truth, new understanding instead)


  • is not compelled to broadcast themselves to others


  • does not proselytize (as it shows the shallowness of one’s tenets)


  • does not push and force life, instead waits for it to come to him


  • does not assert his position, instead constantly learns from others)


  • is not selfish, but constantly self-giving


  • avoids the herdal view, and thinks for himself


  • is not satisfied with a single truth (seeking to know the many sided truth of things)


  • does not seek answers through the hard churning of thought (but through intuition)


  • does not confine himself to the ordinary views of how time and space unfold


  • is not satisfied with empirical, mechanistic view of how life works and unfolds


  • is not bothered by the negative, as he sees their utility


  • is not constrained by the limits society has established, as he sees beyond them


  • does not confine himself to society’s values, but his own higher ones


  • is not swayed or satisfied with other’s opinions, but the true Truth of things


  • is not satisfied with the visible, but the subtle and invisible as well


  • is not attracted to gossip, knowing the mischief it creates


  • is not taken by the current fad or outlook, but the longer view


  • is not swept away by the tide of emotions in events, seeking the balance and truth of things instead


  • does not seek a plethora of friendships for its own sake


  • is not oriented outwardly, but inwardly


  • does not seek to be entertained, but to understand


  • does not seek vital interaction, but to connect through the heart, higher mind, and spirit


  • is not partisan towards a side, such as in sports, but seeks beauty & knowledge from it


  • is not overly influenced or deterred by another’s age, whether young or old


  • does not rebel for its own sake


  • does not obsess about sickness and illness; remaining calm, steady, and positive instead


  • is not agitated by broadcast opinions in e.g. the media, as he avoids them


  • is not prone to react, but to remain still, observant, and understanding


  • does not seek to perfect others, but to perfect himself


  • does not seek to offer opinions, rather to be still, wait, and learn


  • does not seek that which brings short term happiness, but long-term joy


  • is not prejudiced towards another in terms of their station and position


  • never feels condescending and superior, accept all as equal


  • does not complain about others, life, and is accepting instead


  • does not blame others, but takes responsibility


  • does not seek to do something else, but accepts the current givens life has set before him


  • avoids the surface, and seeks the depths


  • seeks Harmony, Oneness, Truth, Knowledge, Goodness, Creativity, Love, Beauty, and Delight of being
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