Spiritual bypass

A spiritual bypass is a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks."[1] The term was introduced by John Welwood, a Buddhist teacher and psycho-therapist.[1]

Neo-Advaita

Some neo-Advaita teachers, like Jeff Foster and Andrew Cohen, have admitted that their own insight or "awakening" did not put an end to being a human being with personal, and even egoistical, feelings, aspirations and fears.[web 1][web 2] Cohen admitted that this spiritual bypass even resulted in the mental abuse of some of his students.[web 1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fossella 2011.
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  1. 1 2 Andrew Cohen, An open letter to all my students upon return from my sabbatical
  2. ↑ Jeff Foster, The birth and death of fundamentalism in nonduality and Advaita teachings.

Sources

Further reading

  • Masters, Robert (2010), Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters 

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