(Now note that I judge from the authority of Indian traditions, but
I do so not because of dogma, but because they have explored the details
surrounding this particular topic, and have addressed all the seeming
contradictions. Again, this is only possible because reality is set in
place by a higher power, and there is an order to it, while there is a
lack of order at the same time.)

So my argument for this particular topic is that: if there is a God who
set up this whole reality, how can people prevent you from knowing God
unless it is God himself who set reality to be this way? And if you think
it is not God, but your own self, then again, and worse, how is it possible
unless you yourself set it this way?

Then, why would you ever want to help other people know this? A) Did this God
of yours ask you in particular to do that? (In that case you'd identify as a
prophet, which has it's own problems) OR B) Did you think that while you are
one, you have a responsiblity to tell others that they are ultimately the same
as you, that is, not just in nature, but in material as well?

So the people who make this argument are not actually arguing non-dualism.

Their argument is one of pan-theism, but one that's contradictory because
apparently, unlike them, the others do not realize their divinity, which makes
them feel like the enlightened one who has to correct others. In all essence,
pan-theism is not different from materialistic atheism, because we do not have
the power of a God to modify this world, and we end up trying to enforce a social
order of what should be. Theism enforces a dogma in a dualistic sense, while
pan-theism enforces a dogma of natural order and harmony, that actually denies
reality itself, where people die for no seemingly apparent reason.

I term this spiritual victim mentality.

i.e. they want to believe in a God that's directly accessible to them and to
others, but they think someone else is capable of blocking them from doing so.
This whole viewpoint is based on experiences in this reality where people trick
others for material gains. But when it comes to something like the foundation of
being from which all free will and form arises, you cannot hide that from someone
unless it itself wanted that to happen.

That is an argument that applies to Muhammadians, who too think that the others
are Kaafir-s, or "hiders" of truth.

The Foolishness of Saying Man Prevents Others From Reaching God Directly

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