True spirituality is about the total acceptance of the opinions of all other facets of the one no matter how much it batters the sheath of your earth bound ego. We are all one and the same; and are all entitled to our own opinions.
True spiritual growth is when you read the opinions of others regarding yourself and it has no effect on your ego. You have transcended the need of reaction and see the energy in the words of others as the right of freewill.
You judge the level of your own spiritual growth by how much the opinions of others hurts the ego. If you react, then your lesson is to recognise why you react in the way you do ... and move on ... Matthew James