AWAKENING: Being ok with disappointing others on your spiritual journey
Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast
Josephine Hardman
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of AWAKENING, I respond to a listener email that asked this question: What happens when a decision on your spiritual journey hurts someone else?
We'll dive into the topic of making tough choices on your spiritual path, when you know those choices will likely upset, hurt, or disappoint someone else. Join me for a discussion on:
- why it's so critical for you to live your truth and follow your Soul's calling, and how it hurts you and everyone else when you don't do this
- how to be more ok with disappointing others as you continue awakening
- how you can live authentically without abandoning yourself while still being a compassionate human
- the importance of detachment in close relationships (especially family relationships)
Thank you to Diane for submitting this thought-provoking question!
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| 0:00.0 | This is Inner Work, a spiritual growth podcast, a place to explore spiritual concepts, tools, and practices to deepen your healing and awakening. I'm your host, Josephine Hartman, a certified intuitive healer and Akashik Records practitioner and teacher. |
| 0:22.8 | I'm honored that you're here and happy to serve as a guide and companion on your path for a little while. |
| 0:30.1 | To learn more about how to work with me one-on-one or through my courses, please visit josephinehartman.com. |
| 0:46.2 | Perhaps the most challenging aspect of becoming awake is actually staying on the path of awakening, |
| 0:57.9 | staying on the path of your truth, staying on the path of your truth, staying on the path of awakening, staying on the path of your truth, staying on the path of personal integrity, even when and if you know that your choices or your truth are going |
| 1:06.8 | to disappoint or potentially hurt someone else. |
| 1:18.2 | This episode of Awakening is a response to a generous and kind listener called Diane. |
| 1:20.0 | So shout out to Diane. |
| 1:24.7 | She wrote in with a very specific question, which is, What happens when a decision on your spiritual journey hurts someone else? |
| 1:32.8 | Diane has graciously allowed me to share her email, and this is what she said. |
| 1:38.3 | This could be an unforeseen hurt, meaning when we hurt someone else without really intending to, but Diane clarifies that she is |
| 1:47.4 | more interested in situations where we know our choices are going to hurt someone else. |
| 1:55.1 | So for example, she says ending a relationship that the other person wants to maintain or making a decision that hurts people you love in some other way. |
| 2:05.9 | Like going far away to college, when your parents need you nearby, or leaving a family business that relies on you. |
| 2:14.6 | Especially when the other person is putting a lot of pressure on you to not make that |
| 2:20.0 | decision. Diane believes this would be a helpful topic for people who want to move forward, but |
| 2:27.5 | are afraid or even sure that their decision will result in some sort of damage to someone else, even if it's temporary. |
| 2:38.4 | Diane says, and I'm paraphrasing slightly here, but basically to hurt someone in this way |
| 2:44.4 | seems to conflict with many spiritual lessons, like compassion and empathy, |
| 2:53.8 | and it's very hard to pull the trigger when you know someone will likely suffer when you do, when you finally make that choice, whatever it is. |
| 3:01.6 | Okay, so I have a lot to say in response to this. I have been reflecting on this for a couple of weeks since getting Diane's |
| 3:09.6 | email, and this is such a huge question. Let's start with the assumptions that we're working under |
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