Seekers of God are not drawn to William the Conqueror. One can argue President Trump and Putin are also reflective of the time we find ourselves in as far as the evolution of consciousness within our region of time/space is concerned. Yet we have real examples of people that seem to indicate a higher level of evolution in consciousness who are made incarnate even in the darkest of times. It implies we are not bound to group think but that each of us have an opportunity to raise our understanding. That's the noble, main quest of any spiritual seeker. We often contemplate what it would be like to rise out of duality, or voice in some creative manner that we are tired of incarnating here.
I maintain the attitude that Trump or Putin can come back and be great Masters. But it doesn't matter. We don't look at Yogananda and think- I want to be like William the Conqueror- a man who had no regard for killing women and children.
Similarly, Amma the Hugging Saint- another clear example of deep understanding and a Soul who seems to have risen above duality.
If I had to guess, I would say Yoganandna when he was alive- or Amma even now, do not spend time circulating news stories about political figures in their spiritual communities. I don't think Guru's who are here to be an example and help us break free from Maya are taking up arms and going into the war zone. None that we have yet presented here in the spiritual portal as noteworthy Masters. Even if you were to find an example, I don't feel personally inclined to go to war with others.
The war is with ourselves. !
It is in fact, noted in the Scriptures of India, that karmic justice, dispensed by the hand of a emissary of God, is a privileged blessing, leading to their chastened souls liberation. Thus only with divine purpose, does the god-king Krishna slay those of evil doing. Similarly, God’s just law manifests through the child Jesus not to maim, but to free (No such concession is attached to the destructive actions of a despot or egotist [Trump or Putin*] with a self-induced savior complex. God’s laws will not be mocked.)
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
* my note.
