149: Spiritual Heartbreak
Conspirituality13 Apr 2023

149: Spiritual Heartbreak

“I would pursue transcendence and live with its inevitable close cousins, disappointment and heartbreak, for most of my life.” So writes “Steven” (not his real name) in the first of our six spiritual heartbreak stories from our Patreon supporters. “The spiritual by-passing of folks like Marianne Williamson and Eckhart Tolle kept me spinning in a cycle of abuse and unable to see clearly enough to end an abusive marriage with a Unitarian minister.” That’s from Katherine—story number three. And in our final story, Lynn writes: “I will say even though I've been through a really awful trauma and still have to deal with that residue, I am now happier than I've ever been in my life. I enjoy just being a simple person now, without the ever exhausting pressure of having to perform my religion, to awaken my consciousness.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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86: Charles Eisenstein, New Age Q

86: Charles Eisenstein, New Age Q

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Bonus Sample: Red-pilled Poet, Charles Eisenstein

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85: Gaia Buys Yoga International, Stocks Rise on Uranus

85: Gaia Buys Yoga International, Stocks Rise on Uranus

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Bonus Sample: The Inventor of Yoga Teacher Training Was a Rapist Obsessed with UFOs

Bonus Sample: The Inventor of Yoga Teacher Training Was a Rapist Obsessed with UFOs

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84: Red State Christians (w/Angela Denker)

84: Red State Christians (w/Angela Denker)

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Bonus Sample: The Language of Conspiritualist Merchants

Bonus Sample: The Language of Conspiritualist Merchants

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83: Climate Solstice (w/George Monbiot)

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