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When spiritual friends use mysticism to avoid practical reality

My astrologer friend insists Mercury retrograde is why I'm having relationship problems but I think it's because my boyfriend is emotionally unavailable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Spiritual explanations can become defense mechanisms against addressing concrete problems that require direct action.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Spiritual-but-not-religious identity?”

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