Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 5, Issue -2, 1 August 2020 | Page 15

11 Traps Sabotaging Your Spiritual Growth

No matter what the practice or teaching, ego loves to wait in
ambush to appropriate spirituality for its own survival and
gain. – Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual
Materialism
Spiritual growth is an experience we all go through once we have
experienced the spiritual awakening process. As we begin to awaken to the
truth of who we are, we develop a connection to our authentic essence,
higher nature or Soul.

As we progressively advance on our paths, our spiritual essence begins to
blossom like a luminous flower deep in our heart. And the more we clear
away the dead, gnarled and overgrown beliefs, perspectives, and emotional
baggage within us, the more clearly we feel our divine essence. When we
maintain our inner garden, we feel more and more love, wisdom, peace,
and wholeness as our True Nature is revealed slowly to us.

Yet, like any garden, our metaphorical inner landscapes can be consumed
by weeds, plagues, and forms of pollution that strangle anything beautiful
we have been nurturing. Sometimes, we even sabotage the growth
occurring within us ourselves, without knowing it.

What is Spiritual Growth?
Spiritual growth is the process of awakening to your true nature, purpose,
and potential. When you undergo spiritual growth you experience an
expansion in awareness and insight, also known as higher consciousness.