010. Spiritual Ego & Bypassing -  Post Awakening Traps & How To Work With Them

In this conversation, we explore the topics of spiritual ego and spiritual bypassing and share our own personal experiences to help highlight these common traps and challenges that can arise after a spiritual awakening. 

We discuss the importance of recognizing and working through these patterns, while also cultivating compassion for ourselves. 

We explore the concepts of humility, paradox, and the need to embrace both the light and shadow aspects of the spiritual journey. 

And we discuss in depth the tools, modalities, and practices that have helped us each to heal egoic identity structures and thought patterns and develop the skills and abilities to be with our difficult emotions and grow through the experiencing of them. 

We hope you find this episode enlightening and valuable.

Takeaways

• Spiritual ego is the identification with spiritual ideas and beliefs, leading to a sense of superiority or separation from others.
• Spiritual bypassing is the use of spiritual practices to avoid facing unresolved emotional issues or psychological wounds.
• Both spiritual ego and spiritual bypassing are common experiences on the spiritual journey and can be overcome with self-awareness and compassion.
• The spiritual path involves embracing both the light and shadow aspects of oneself and recognizing the paradoxes that arise.
• Perfection is not the goal of the spiritual journey; instead, it is about cultivating a sense of wholeness and embracing the challenges and growth opportunities that arise. True self-love comes from doing the inner work and healing egoic identity structures and thought patterns.
• Navigating life's challenges requires developing tools to manage difficult emotions and not bypassing them.
• Acceptance is key in the spiritual journey, understanding that not every week will be awesome.
• Offering spiritual truths to others requires sensitivity and respect for their feelings and experiences.