sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism.1 Our minds are tricky. Even in self-improvement quests we can be deceived. Spiritual quests easily become just another tool of the ego. “It is important to see that the main point of a spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego.”
