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Originally Posted by BVB  I really like your blog Steve, but was dismayed by this article. It seemed defensive and insincere. While I am not an avid fan of Tolle, I find his work interesting, and reading your post made me think that something about Tolle threatens YOUR ego.
This was confirmed even more when you "name-dropped" the Oprah situation, as well as put down his demeanor.
There is something about him that must have hit a nerve, no? |
Certain articles Steve writes definitely have a different energy to them. Some of them feel charged with intellectual energy; others, more spiritual-type energy.
The
War on Ego article seemed much more about logic than a particular state of being. Interestingly, I didn't really bother to read it; I skimmed it and was largely "meh, unnecessary." I'm not sure if Steve is writing this way consciously, or if he's shifted to seeing his blog as being more a means to an end while he's busy with his book. That's a very real possibility by the way—especially with Steve writing and editing his book recently.
Steve may be experienced with personal development, but he's just like the rest of us, and he too can stray from his purpose path, or at least, intellectualise it so that he's in service to a conceptualisation of his purpose instead of his purpose itself. I do this—often!—so I'm not terribly worried. If Steve self-destructs (unlikely, but possible), I'll silently thank him for what he's helped me with carry on with my own personal growth.
Try to focus on Steve the person, not Steve as you perceive him through his articles. His articles tend to shift around a lot, and it's hard to pin him down. Since you probably don't know Steve the person, unless you're interested in changing that, focus on more constructive things and accept Steve's work for what is it; don't worry about what it isn't.