TF: We may turn towards the dharma from a wounded place that we're not even aware of?
JW: Yes. We turn to the dharma to feel better, but then may unwittingly wind up using
spiritual practice as a substitute for facing our psychological issues.
TF: So how does our psychological wounding affect our spiritual practice?
JW: Being a good spiritual practitioner can become what I call a compensatory identity
that covers up and defends against an underlying deficient identity, where we feel badly
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about ourselves, not good enough, or basically lacking. Then, although we may be
practicing diligently, our spiritual practice can be used in the service of denial and
defense. And when spiritual practice is used to bypass our real-life human issues, it
becomes compartmentalized in a separate zone of our life, and remains unintegrated
with our overall functioning
TF: We may turn towards the dharma from a wounded place that we're not even aware of?JW: Yes. We turn to the dharma to feel better, but then may unwittingly wind up usingspiritual practice as a substitute for facing our psychological issues.TF: So how does our psychological wounding affect our spiritual practice?JW: Being a good spiritual practitioner can become what I call a compensatory identitythat covers up and defends against an underlying deficient identity, where we feel badly 4about ourselves, not good enough, or basically lacking. Then, although we may bepracticing diligently, our spiritual practice can be used in the service of denial anddefense. And when spiritual practice is used to bypass our real-life human issues, itbecomes compartmentalized in a separate zone of our life, and remains unintegratedwith our overall functioning
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