How and What to Teach?

[zenmaster]

While it may not be useful to speculate on such details, it's interesting that specific knowledge and wisdom created a following. Perhaps it was along the lines of Masonry, where knowledge is controlled and given in a specific fashion. Or maybe they developed some sort of cult. I certainly would not want someone dependent on me for answers, nor would I want a following, even if it were innocent.

I look at it this way - it seems that the culture had created an imbalance - a gaping hole or a vacuum. The new information was intended to "correct" the imbalance, but it instead served to isolate the current system of thought in a non-accepting manner. So the current system was not appreciated enough to integrate with the new system. The rejection resulted in war.