We need to talk about bypassing

We need to talk about bypassing

Have you ever had some wild stuff happen in your life, and one of your “spiritual” friends hits you with:

“Everything happens for a reason.”

“You just need to raise your vibration.”

“This is just your karma playing out.”

“Remember, your thoughts create your reality.”

“It’s all an illusion anyway.”

It stings.

Not because they’re wrong—

But because it doesn’t feel like they’re with you.

You don’t feel seen. Or heard.

And isn’t that what a real friend is supposed to do?

Or maybe… you’ve been the one saying those things—trying to help. Trying to soothe.

But it didn’t land.

The truth is, a lot of relationships get strained—or even fractured—when someone tries to be “spiritual” at the wrong time, or with the wrong tone, or with the wrong person.

And in today’s Spiritual Perspective, we unpack why that happens.

We explore spiritual bypassing through a wider lens— and get into when it is bypassing… and when it’s actually not.

We’ll break down why many people unintentionally bypass, and how best to handle it.

Because like most things that trigger us, bypassing is more layered than it seems.

Once you understand what’s really going on behind their words, here’s what shifts:

• You stop taking other people’s bypassing so personally.

• You become much more aware of your own.

• You stop needing to call out bypassing when you see it.

• And you learn how to share your own spiritual perspective—without being misunderstood.
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Watch the episode here

If this one hits close to home, drop a comment below the video and let me know. Or send it to that friend who said, “It’s all love,” right after ghosting you :)

To your growth,

Light

P.S. If you found this spiritual perspective helpful, here are three other TSP episodes about navigating difficult relationship dynamics:
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