The idea is "If I can really emote and express my self-contraction with sincerity, I'm somehow spiritual." So then we have a convention of the self-contractions, and that's basically boomeritis spirituality. It's a problem, to put it mildly.

What are self-contractions?

The spiritual experience, which ideally should be a stepping-stone to less ego

Is that the same ego that is created out of the tension between the 'id', the intitial state that is wholly focussed on self-gratification, and the 'super-ego', the controlling 'parental' voice', that enables us to function normally in society, and have some semblance of a rewarding life?