"fraid I fall in to this category.
My spiritual blend of Buddhism, nonviolence, Living Earth centered metaphysics puts me square on this label
I see it a lowering any perceptible barriers to resistance between my sentiment and compassion and awareness. If it fits, then it is useful. If it doesn't, it is of no value and a waste of time.
I recently visited an Ashram looking for some formal meditation teaching. It did not fit my spiritual essence. I felt like a trespasser of another's sanctuary, Much like when I enter a church. Expectation means judgemet. Judgement means inadequacy. Inadequacey means suffering the violence of oppression. Violence is the opposite direction of my spiritual/emotional path. I have enough trouble undoing my contraction around my past oppression.
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Love and affirmation,
Forrester Tongpa Nyi (formerly Ash Phoenix, faeries evolve! ) 
When you come to know that your entitlement to joy is a given, All that remains is the exploration of the many different ways to let it in
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