Spiritual Bankruptcy

This is one of my most important talks because it centers around a commonly misunderstood and ominous topic. Spiritual bankruptcy is potentially terminal for the person with the problem, and it can also destroy the lives of people around them. Everyone, including and especially the person devoid of spirit, tends to be unaware of and in denial of the situation. A treating physician who questions and focuses on the physical health of the individual will misdiagnose, mislabel and mistreat the patient. Healing is thwarted.

Spiritual bankruptcy is a large problem, particularly for women in western cultures. Seeded early in childhood, it is reinforced repeatedly throughout life by conflicting family behaviors and social expectations. Over time, the woman finds it harder and harder to function. It just takes too much energy. She starts to develop symptoms of chronic pain, fatigue, and irritability. Tests and Doctors can't seem to pin-point a diagnosis. Her symptoms are treated with multiple medications including antidepressants with little or no success.

It is important to remember these women do not have a psychiatric disorder. They have a love deficiency that has spiraled out of control. They need an awakening - a way of understanding the cause of their pain and the steps they can take to eliminate it. Writing this article is one small way I can help facilitate that awakening by sharing with others the symptoms and causes of spiritual bankruptcy based on my own personal experiences over the past two and half years in Peru and Nepal.