Why I abandoned my frantic pursuit of spiritual enlightenment

By Jacinta Tynan
Updated June 26 2017 - 8:09am, first published 8:05am
Being "spiritual" is all the rage, which can only be for the greater good – but not when our quest for wholeness is driven by a far more shallow desire to be in the cool gang.  Photo: Stocksy
Being "spiritual" is all the rage, which can only be for the greater good – but not when our quest for wholeness is driven by a far more shallow desire to be in the cool gang. Photo: Stocksy

At one point I was juggling my meditation teacher, kinesiologist, hypnotherapist, psychotherapist and chiropractor (who also practises NLP). I had a clairvoyant's number in my phone and took a friend's recommendation on a "spiritual healer". I meditated twice a day, did a course on A Course in Miracles and occasionally made it to yoga.

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