Spiritual Bypassing, a phrase coined by John Welwood, is the tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks. We have to develop the ego before it can be transcended. When one is committed to the spiritual process, psychological and spiritual work cannot be separated. It’s possible to become narcissistically fascinated with psychological process. There are a lot of things about the spiritual supermarket that can be misleading. States that are not ordinary can be confused with spiritual experience. Real spiritual work is for something greater than ourselves. Swami Prajnanpad said that the Sage is 100% adult. An article by Arnaud Desjardins, “From the Child to the Sage,” is discussed. If we understand that we are more or less childish, without taking it as an insult, the path becomes clear. We can hold professional responsibilities and still function as a child. Emotion, dependency, the need to “have” rather than “be,” and the inability to be alone and to wait are signs of childishness. On the path, we must have the courage to look at our weakest link, the area of our greatest childishness that we tend to push away. Being with childish feelings and finding ways to come back to center allows us to move forward. There is a difference between being childlike and childish. Transformation into adulthood begins when the love of truth becomes stronger than anything. If we get carried away with our own liberation, we may try to bypass pain and not be very committed to other sentient beings. The dark side is as much part of enlightenment as the light; one does not come without the other. Deborah is a nurse by vocation who spent 19 years as the lead singer of the blues band Shri. She is a student of Lee Lozowick and a life-long imperfect lover and seeker of truth.
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Sun. Moon. Tantra. Navigating the Ocean of Chaos and Coherence (Angelon Young)
Love and Longing: May the Heat of Suffering Become the Fire of Love (Vijaya Fedorschak)
Conscience: The Transformative Effect of Working with Inner Conflict (an interview with Clelia Lewis)
The Way of the Wise Woman: A Deeper Dive into the Awakening of the Mother Spirit (Red Hawk)
Enlightenment? (Jocelyn del Rio)
Understanding the Persistence of 'Sleep' (Unconsciousness) (Matthew Files)
Spiritual Warriorship and the Undefended Life (Nachama Greenwald)
A Deeper Yoga: Moving Beyond Image to Wholeness and Freedom (Christina Sell)
Faith: How Necessary is It on the Spiritual Path? (Karl Krumins)
Contemplating Continuity—A Conversation with Spiritual Friends (Barbara Du Bois)
Creative Life: The Art of Getting Out of Our Own Way (Bandhu Dunham)
Not What Should Be But What Is (Regina Sara Ryan)
Cultivating Resilience and Inner Strength on the Spiritual Path (Angelon Young)
Yogi Ramsuratkumar: The Godchild, Tiruvannamalai (Caylor Wadlington)
Love What You Do Not Love: The Doorway to Ever Present Peace (Vijaya Fedorschak)
The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself (Matthew Files)
The Alchemy of Grief and Love (Nachama Greenwald)
Maintaining Presence in the Midst of Chaos (Bandhu Dunham)
Panel Discussion: Exploring the Depth of Spiritual Tradition (Barbara Du Bois, Carl Grimsman, and Vijaya Fedorschak)
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