[javajosh]

>without any method of objective measurement [of spiritual superiority]

I guess I disagree with this assertion, then. There is a way to objectively measure your spiritual superiority, and that's to examine the person and where they are, and what direction they are going- wrt their behavior. What are their qualities? Patient? Honest? Hard-working? Organized? Reliable? Easy-going? Empathic? Insightful? Generous? Good judgement? I think that you can't be all of those things (all of which require emotional/reactive control) without your spirituality (and physicality, it must be said) being in good order. And this is all observable.

[rmah]

I guess the issue is that I (and I suspect many others) do not consider the qualities you listed as having anything at all to do with spirituality.

[Godel_unicode]

That's a very dangerous road you're suggesting walking down there, "observing" others and making judgements about the whole of their character based on isolated examples is a fruitful source of prejudice and cognitive bias.

[javajosh]

Well, no. In the best case you have a panopticon into their life. But since people will rarely give you that in real life, you do the best you can and always take what you observe with a grain of salt.

[pjc50]

> There is a way to objectively measure your spiritual superiority

Saying things like this is a good way to indicate that one has not yet reached enlightenment.