Yes, every Saint has a past but not a recent past, like despots you have mentioned above and below in quote, filled with wrath and ego. And the ruthlessness you mentioned can be looked at quite differently then you perceive, and as a blessing of an enlightened soul. No such concession is attached to the destructive actions of a despot or egotist with a self-induced savior complex. God’s laws will not be mocked.
I find it a little comical that the writer of this post realized his Guru was also a ruthless man in a previous life. The personality of Putin and Donald Trump may mean they will one day be Spiritual Masters. Who knows? Every saint has a past.
I really enjoy reading this, not because the writer is attempting to defend William the Conqueror- but for the idea that a Master may be where they are because of the dramatic experiential wisdom they've accrued through multiple incarnations.
Some of Williams actions lead to cannibalism, and he had no problem killing the young or the old.
Even as a child Jesus possessed great powers he had manifested in his previous incarnation as Elisha. No vindictive or arrogant intent motivates such a one (*Like despots we see on the world stage today: Fuhrer Trump and Putin included). Children who taunted Elisha were destroyed by bears summoned from the woods by the prophet, not as an act of wrath, but in recognition of a present cause providing the opportunity for the atonement and expiation of long-past evil actions-fruition of the law of karma, cause and effect, God's law of justice.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
