Idealization and devaluation is rampant within the spiritual community

Idealization and devaluation is rampant within the spiritual community. It is a highly destructive early childhood pattern of behavior. If we don't heal our own early childhood attachment trauma, differentiate from our family of origin, and learn to become emotionally mature adults, then we will carry this idealization-devaluation pattern into our adulthood. This in the spiritual community is highly destructive, especially if the spiritual teacher takes on the idealization and believes it themself.

Because what's happening is the student is giving away their autonomy, power, and agency to the teacher in that idealization-devaluation pattern. And then they are not learning from their mistakes and they're not standing on their own two feet. Likewise, it gives too much power to the spiritual teacher, which causes lots of problems and can lead to instances of being taken advantage of, manipulation, or outright abuse. So get to know your own idealization-devaluation pattern and learn to see through it and not believe it.

Hi, I'm Scott, a spiritual teacher guiding people through spiritual awakening by embracing our humanness.