Awhile back I reconfigured my TV to reflect recent channel changes. In the process I discovered that I had access to a few channels that I'd forgotten about, including EWTN (the Catholic channel). So, late that same night I found myself watching an interview with a nun who had been, in her youth, very interested in eastern religion. She was telling her life-story which, at least for this interview, was one of coming home to her true faith. It was a beautiful story, in its own way, but I was left feeling somehow unhappy, and I couldn't quite figure why. Since then I've watched EWTN a few more times and I think I have a handle on what's causing my discomfort (which persists.) It's the simple business of their having only one right view.
I should immediately note that not all Christians, or Catholics, express this view. Moreover, this nun was sharing within her own family so to speak, and not addressing people of different faiths. So - I have no idea what she would say to me were we to meet and talk.
The fact is that I too feel that I have arrived, after searching, at the very best possible spiritual place. I deeply appreciate the beliefs of others - and rejoice in them. But still - to my mind, what I believe is, as it were, the most true. So is there any difference between my position and that of the nun I saw on EWTN? Would I make others as uncomfortable as she made me? Would there be anything wrong with that? Anything right with it? I don't know - but it doesn't feel ok. How does this relate to pure view?
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