Navigating the spiritual journey
5 Signs You are Spiritually Bypassing and How to Avoid Doing it
We mustn't neglect the physical, mental, and emotional bodies because we are spiritual
What is Spiritual Bypassing?
Spiritual bypassing is when we use spirituality and spiritual practices to avoid facing and dealing with unresolved emotional pain. It is using language and practices to avoid doing the healing work — the work that is sometimes very uncomfortable and painful.
It’s rejecting, not accepting, and not wanting to see the things we need to heal and work on. It’s hard to notice when we are bypassing. Here’s an example of spiritual bypassing:
When you go to a yoga class or a spiritual circle and the host says “no negative vibes, no bad moods, only happy and positive vibes here, all positive moods, unity, love, and light, etc.
But when we are spiritual, aren’t we supposed to awaken to the negative, the pain and trauma we have to heal?
Spiritual bypassing is a very tempting path until we figure out it’s not working very well.
