![]() People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. We know more about fighting and strategizing against the “enemies” outside of us than we know about facing the so-called enemies looming within us. We know more about how things mechanically work rather than the life force that animates them. We’ve explored the solar system and distant galaxies more thoroughly than the depths of our own oceans. But the truth is that people feel repelled and horrified by inner work on an unconscious level. Why Most People Are Terrified By Inner Work It is, however, a vital complementary practice that is just as essential as sleeping, exercising, or doing anything that genuinely helps you at a core level. Inner work is not a replacement for any psychiatric/psychological targeted help. By all means, seek out a professional therapist who can help if you suspect something is lopsided in your noggin. Of course, keep in mind that many of the above points are symptoms of mental illness. We’ll explore some inner work paths below. The more signs you can relate to, the higher degree of inner work you need to consider doing. You want to be alone all the time or around others all the time (to escape yourself).You struggle with high levels of anxiety or panic.You have many strong emotional triggers.You have a strong drive toward addiction.You’re self-destructive and self-sabotaging.You keep attracting the wrong people into your life.You struggle to trust others (or yourself).You believe that the world is against you.You have fits of intense anger or sadness.You’re going through a Dark Night of the Soul (or spiritual crisis).You feel constantly unmotivated and “flat”.Your thoughts are almost constantly negative and self-critical.You frequently get into fights with others.You feel lonely and like an outsider looking in to the world.Nevertheless, here are some notorious signs that you need to practice inner work: So do you need inner work? I’ve got to be frank here: that was a rhetorical question! If you’re a human being at any place in life’s journey, you’ll certainly need some degree of inner work. Without ongoing inner work, we can fall into many traps on the spiritual path causing lopsided growth that results in issues such as spiritual bypassing, nihilism, spiritual narcissism, spiritual materialism, toxic positivity, and other psychospiritual issues that cause suffering to both ourselves and other people. ![]() While inner work still operates within the domain of the ego (unlike Soul work which takes us beyond the separate sense of self), it is an extremely important and crucial part of the spiritual path because it helps to create more psychological balance and harmony. And like cleaning a dirty mirror, inner work helps us to find more inner clarity, self-love, wholeness, and happiness. Like weeding an overgrown garden, inner work creates more inner space by helping us to uproot the old conditioned beliefs, stories, dogmas, and wounds that become embedded within us. Inner work helps to clear out the fog, cobwebs, and blockages that fill our minds, hearts, and bodies, permitting the Light of Consciousness to gradually shine brighter and brighter. Without the inner space that is created through inner work, it can be extremely difficult to get to a point of receptivity, humility, and openness to deeply resting in Spirit as our True Nature. In this sense, inner work is the active or yang part of our spiritual path, and Soul work is the yin or passive part of our spiritual journeys. While Soul work is about listening to your Soul’s calling to surrender to Spirit, inner work is about making the space for that to happen. Inner work and Soul work fit together like the yin and yang, both equally enriching our spiritual journeys and working side-by-side harmoniously. ![]() ![]() Your inner self consists of your hidden feelings, memories, thoughts, beliefs, prejudices, wounds, shadows, and other mental and emotional conditions that influence your ability to transform and feel Whole at a core level.īy doing inner work, little by little, you’ll be able to move past fears, limitations, addictions, depressions, and the feelings of unwholeness that tend to plague us as human beings. ![]()
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