On the path of personal growth, there are times when we seem to fall into a deep, dark pit, and the light is nowhere to be found. This is what is meant by a spiritual crisis. This series of articles was written to better help people in this predicament understand and resolve their situation.
Modern society has little sympathy for or understanding of spiritual crises.
Many people experiencing such a crisis find no support from family, friends, and social institutions. The resulting sense of rejection and isolation only heightens the difficulty of the experience. Any crisis is an opportunity for healing, and a spiritual crisis is an opportunity for great spiritual healing. This opportunity can be missed, however, if we do not recognize its potential and make good use of it. Lacking a cultural framework that validates spiritual crisis, it is all too easy to turn to suppressive drugs, or become engulfed by despair and anxiety, and miss much of the opportunity for healing.