Quote Originally Posted by CFTraveler View Post
This makes me think of how sad it is when some religious and spiritual organizations demonize their own energy bodies (some the body, some the mind) and approach them as something to be tamed or suppressed.
Force and application of will is one way we try to achieve our goals in reality creation. These tools have their limits, and practicing them one will encounter these limits and learn other ways, taking you further. Many people on the planet are at this clashing of wills level of creating reality, and by finding these traditions they might learn the limitations of such approaches.

I tend to think that for people who don't need such a lesson such traditions would not hold much of a lasting attraction. And they might still be a helpful step for those who would formerly not even consider training the mind at all.

We're in a lucky age where we can mix and match, contrast and compare so easily. This can speed up the whole process.