Those who opposed Jesus were nice people. Jesus' parables are about people who got it wrong but were right, and vice-versa. All the falst self has is righteousness. All the gospel is there. The false self is fear based The true self is love based The true self is humble.
Spirituality is about the way of the monkey and the way of the kitten.
A baby monkey hangs on to its mother very tightly. Unless you surround words with holy wordlessness they don't mean anything. Reading can be both a gift and an addiction. The best things can't be talked about. The old pilgrimage routes are being rediscovered.