Transient, Sustained and Eternal

[Sacred Fool]

A point as regards "detuning" is that the more a spiritual teaching becomes concerned with such details and begins to view all kinds of problems of life centrally in relation to that, the more materialistic the focus tends to become. Regardless of what the "spiritual" dogma concerning physical life is, all kinds of complex, existential, and other deep questions will in practice become reduced to the terms of that dogma.

 
Yes, I suppose it's like a knife or many other basic tools: used one way they can be very helpful, used another way they can be very destructive.  On the one side, participating in life where each element is viewed sacramentally is most beautiful, but using spiritual ideas to manipulate social engagement is another matter.  How does one negotiate the distinction?

I think that's a very good discussion to entertain.