Have you ever seen someone use spirituality to escape from reality? Do you do that? Like an addiction, spirituality can make us feel high. For a moment we feel elevated above ordinary life and wish we could stay there, but most of us can’t. Instead we crash down into our normal depressed or anxious state as soon as we’re back in everyday life, and that makes us feel ashamed. What about folks who use spirituality to make themselves look superior, pretending they aren’t crabby, petty or anxious like the rest of us, even though they are? Do you do that? Can we embrace spirituality deeply and not
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