I understand that this is what you believe about them, and that you use behavior as an indicator to infer how in-tune someone is with Being. You don't see this as an assumption on your part?
I'm not too sure that character is much of an indicator of one's undoing", or Being etc....UG was kind of an ass really.
Maybe a better indicator is the size of one's following relative to the population size and communication technologies etc., this view has a bit of the code of medieval chivalry to it in that might (as in speeeeracthul deevelopment) makes right.
The Universe has a way of making everything work out the way it's supposed to so to speak, so those that were the most open window to whatever humanity needs a window to get the most attention.
This would mean that the Jesus's and Gautama's of the world are the most open window to Being, or the "divine" nature of ourselves.
Guys like Bodhidharma, Ramana, Niz, Osho, etc., are a less open window so to speak, as indicated by their lessor following.
I've long thought that the reason folks proselytize the "method" by which they got their "highest" realization is because in the continued proselytization of their "method", they are really reinforcing in in themselves for continued "progress".
And the bigger the following that you get is representative of your "Success" at your offered method.
Ramana had great success with "who am I", UG with "Not Knowing", Niz with "I Am", Bodhidharma with "Letting Go of Mind", so lots of people where drawn to their personal "method" of opening to their essential nature and increasingly "residing" there.
But all those guys, just as all of us, still proselytized a "method", and that proselytization was probably more for themselves than the rest of humanity, as it was their way, and teaching it is the best way to master it.
I get a few people a year asking for guidance or advice in a way that becomes a long term relationship, so I take that as the Universe saying that "you are getting it right" enough that you can be useful to a few people on this path.
One thing that I've noticed, is that the volume of emails, PM's, phone calls, and conversations with people I meet seems to go up proportionally to the percentage of time that I am undone in Samadhi.
This seems to happen regardless of whatever I am saying at the time, it's almost like the Universe is saying: It doesn't matter what bullnuts you happen to be spouting on about, if you surrender more of yourself we'll send more folks close to you whether you want that or not.
Seems like character has nothing to do with it, but the amount of average daily time spent, along with the depth of one's surrender does, and however many Moth's are drawn to the surrender, while not being a "good" indicator, is probably a better indicator than character.