I see it too. ALL. THE. TIME.

Every person interested in enlightenment states, kundalini, consciousness, etc. claims they have reached nirvana. Claims they are different and special and one of the chosen few.

It is funny to see it so prevalent in modern times from people who work shitty jobs in shitty cities eating shitty food breathing polluted air drinking polluted water who spend all this time online and you can read their words and see their actions and behavior to how they treat others and see they are mired in ego and self praise/love and they are quick to insult and lash out at people claiming they have achieved something that highly disciplined and devoted students who remove themselves from society and spend every waking minute of their lives towards this task say is highly difficult even for them

If you believed every person claiming they are one of the enlightened ones or that they are special or have psychic abilities or have reached some spiritual level of development that sages and seers of ages past could not reach, then you could fill many football stadiums over full of people who all say YES I am one of those very special people!!