Although we have established genuine friendship, camaraderie, and fellowship with our fellow meditators, we still might be looking for credentials and security. Belonging to certain organizations, becoming members of the distinguished blah, blah, blah, saying that you’re a student of the greatest blah, blah, blah, or that you’re a scholar of the great blah, blah, blah doesn’t seem to go along with shedding the arrogance of a bloated ego. Becoming a practitioner of meditation is different than self-promotion or encouraging group neurosis.