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2,223 participants were recruited aged between 15 and 82, with an average age of 41. A third of the subjects had never followed any spiritual training; another third had followed mindfulness or meditation training, and the rest had followed some other form of spiritual practice (describing themselves as an ‘empath,’ sharing details of their good deeds on social media, labelling anyone who challenges their opinion ‘toxic,’ swimming naked in fountains, wanking into mirrors, being annoying in restaurants, etc). When the results were tallied up, Vonk and Visser were not surprised: the spiritual people were all cunts.
We know from research that most people are motivated to be better—more likeable, moral, competent, or just more special—than others. This is called the self-enhancement motive, and it quite pervasive and often works automatically, outside of awareness. In contrast, spiritual training aims to guide people towards spiritual enlightenment, transcending these desires of the ego. In theory, then, people who are spiritually-trained should become wiser people who rise above their private interests, feel connected to others, and refrain from judging others. But often, the self-enhancement motive appears to find its way into the spiritual experience. When it does, the result is paradoxical: Spiritual development may boost feelings of superiority by creating a sense that one has acquired insights or skills that other people lack. The result is the opposite of enlightenment.
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