Spiritual bypassing

I haven't heard of "spiritual bypassing", so I looked it up, and browsed this: link

My interpretation is that any different spiritual system of beliefs that is different from mine is wrong, mine being indisputably the only correct one, so I'll dismissively and derogatorily call it: "spiritual bypass" ... 


A couple of days ago (Saturday, Nov. 5th, 2022, before midnight), I consulted the I Ching about what's happening and its guidance for me (haven't done that for years, until recently, after somebody mentioned the I Ching on the spiritualteachers, and coincidentally I checked that site for the first time after many months):

• 55: present: Zenith (meaning: the highest point or state; culmination)
• 51: future: Shocking
• 3rd line: guidance: Incompetence is at its Zenith. Be patient.

"I Ching", also transliterated "Yi King", called "The Book of Changes", is an ancient Chinese divination method, and philosophy. Some call it an Oracle.

You ask a question (think about it, or write it down), draw a hexagram, and interpret it. There are tons of translation of the old Chinese texts, but from all, the one that I consider the best for me is R. L. Wing's "The I Ching Workbook".

When I was introduced to it I was intrigued of the accuracy and usefulness of the answers, and not being into divination and such, I couldn't understand how and why it works. I used it several times when facing decisions, and other times informatively. Almost always it was useful. A few times, some time later I realized that I misunderstood the message, and the I Ching was right.

After I got deeper into trying to make sense of reality, I felt less and less the need to consult the I Ching.

At some point I (think that I) understood how and why it works. It is a method of tapping into your inner-senses, to some degree what we call intuition. It is the same reason for which the pendulum and other divination methods work. Also, the subjective interpretation is crucial (as with all the other divination methods). The I Ching, because of using 64 hexagrams, and their changing lines giving significantly more combinations, has a range of interpretation much larger, and it also allows the filtering out of more of the subjective distortions.

Recently, after several months, I check the spiritualteachers forum, and it happened that a poster brought in discussion the I Ching, which made me think about it again, and try a few questions. The answers were again spot-on.

Interestingly, sometimes the Oracle volunteers useful guidance beyond the question it is asked. This makes sense, when you consider that you access a knowledge and capacity of perception beyond the ones you have while physically awake; they are still yours, a "larger" you.

I recommend the I Ching, and I recommend R. L. Wing's translation. Surely, you get from it only as much as you are able to. It depends on how you approach it. Still, even for the unfamiliar user, it is always quite useful.

Yeah, it's interesting how that terms gets used in certain nonduality convos. I'm not entirely sure either of the precise definition, but However you break it down, seems it's a term used when someone is calling bullshit on another who presents him/herself as awake/SR.

Taken on it's face, it seems to imply that are certain 'steps' one must go through before he can declare wakefulness, and that itself rings hollow to me, as really, there are no steps.....only one, singular seeing through/realization that then clears up all the previous delusions, and that is the seeing through of "separation."

I think it is fair to see there ARE folks who get a glimmer and then adopt a whole bunch of new spiritual beliefs/ideas/knowings and mistakingly call those Truth, but seems the term "spiritual bypassing" as it gets used, references something somewhat different.

Yup agreed. If one is using the "there is no one here," bit to deny the arising of ego, shadow... then clearly, SR/wakefulness is not the case.

There was no "by-passing" at all...just a sort of unconscious stuckness in the dream, mistaking it for transcendence.