Too "Spiritual" for Your Own Good
It might sound like an odd title for a post, particularly coming from someone who's both a minister and a spiritual life coach... but stay with me for a moment!
I'm not actually suggesting "too spiritual" is a genuine problem, just submitting the possibility that some folks end up becoming wholly dependent on spiritual guidance to the point where they either get completely stuck while waiting for some kind "sign" from Spirit or they completely lose touch with tangible reality.
You might think that people wouldn't actually reach such a point, but I have met surprisingly many — including in my counseling practice — who virtually couldn't cross the street without having to "consult their spirit guides" first.
Similarly, they interpret every tiny event in their life as being "a sign" of some kind.
Such extremes are neither very healthy, nor very practical.
Our spirituality typically serves us as a way to find inner peace and make sense of navigating a chaotic and sometimes meaningless world. But it ends up not really helping, if we become excessively enmeshed in searching for the spiritual meaning of every little thing.
As a wise Shaman and spiritualist once observed: "Sometimes crows eating crawfish are just crows eating crawfish!"
And sometimes the most appropriate path to an end result needs to be based on logic and reasoning, not on the patterns on leaves on a bush in your garden!
I am definitely not trying to browbeat those on a spiritual path, just suggesting a dose of balance between the spiritual and the tangible.
When we sit in extremes, we often end up getting in our own way of progressing.
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