Title: Spiritual bypassing : when spirituality disconnects us from what really matters /
Authors: Masters, Robert Augustus.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Avoidance (Psychology) Religious aspects; Psychotherapy Religious aspects; Spirituality Psychology; Avoidance (Psychology) Religious aspects; Psychotherapy Religious aspects; Spirituality Psychology; Psykoterapi religiösa aspekter.; Andligt sökande psykologiska aspekter.
Abstract: "Spiritual bypassing - the use of spiritual practices or beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs - is so pervasive that it goes largely unnoticed in our culture. ... [This book] casts a lucidly critical eye on our deeply entrenched misuse of spirituality, furthering the body of psychological insight into how we use (and abuse) our spiritual practice in often unconscious ways."--Back cover.
Contents: Dissociation in holy drag : an inside look at spiritual bypassing -- Let's stop being negative about our negativity -- What generates spiritual bypassing? -- Neurotic tolerance in caring's clothing : blind compassion -- Cutting through spiritual bypassing -- Healthy and unhealthy transcendence -- The anatomy of magical thinking -- Cutting through spiritual shortcuts -- Bringing shadow-work out of the shadows -- Few spiritual teachers include psychotherapy in their work -- The trashing of anger -- Boundaries -- Don't take it personally? -- No longer using sex to distract us from our suffering -- Beyond the romancing of relationship -- Disembodied spirituality & embodied being -- Does having a nondual perspective negate the need for boundaries? -- An inside look at "taking responsibility" -- Spiritual gullibility -- Are we responsible for our cancer? -- When nondual teachings are not nondual -- Do not overlook shame -- When our honeymoon with spirituality is over -- Conclusion : the many faces of spiritual bypassing.