31 The Dharma Path – You’re Allowed to Be Wrong: Why Spiritual Growth Starts with Questions

Can you be wrong when spiritual? It seems an odd question to ask, but it often appears that spiritual leaders say they are never wrong. Asking questions is important for spiritual growth, and so is being wrong. Being wrong & asking questions is important for self-awareness. Live 4.29.2023.

0:00 – Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah mantra 7x
1:19 – Gurus are never wrong & know everything except for the down-to-earth Swami Vivekananda, reading excerpt from 1894 letter by Swami Vivekananda
5:51 – Not asking questions is the end to personal growth, comfort & difficulties stop questions, asking questions leads to self-awareness
8:33 – Do others enter into mental philosophical/ethical debates, can one ever be wrong/make mistakes in spiritual life
9:35 – Defining ways of being wrong: being factually wrong, non-quantifiable theologically ignorant mistakes, mistakes causing harm
19:31 – Religious leaders & people are rarely wrong, Hindu guru switches blame to student for own faults, Christian writer accuses critics of not being spiritually enlightened enough to understand his anti-Biblical ideas
23:13 – Never being wrong stops self-awareness which disrupts relationship with god, no one is never wrong
25:41 – Thoughts on recording morning live stream
26:48 – I was wrong on interpreting Shikshapatri on this channel
30:01 – First response to reading Shikshapatri was conflicted emotions
34:00 – Story of finding a connection with Swaminarayan theology via devotee, previous interest in Ramanujacharya due to Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya of International Sanatana Dharma Society
36:16 – Re-visiting my old videos of Shikshapatri I had said it was impossible to follow due to my ignorance, seeing big picture, fixing mistake by re-editing old videos
41:30 – Being wrong led to becoming devotee of Bhagavan Swaminarayan & expanded my personal spirituality
44:22 – Would being wrong change religious landscape

♥ This episode was mentioned after the fact by Dr. Babaria, head of the Arizona Vedic Cultural Center of the Swaminarayan Gurukul, USA during a satsang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afogTDEOsfE

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