While there are many warnings and admonitions regarding what to look for in a spiritual community
there is very little to trust when you are thinking of moving forward.
Most people consider leaving after some kind of
blow. They feel misunderstood or mistrust
group leadership. In a heated discussion they
decide to quit smoking. Usually not much to think about
about it, more of an emotional reaction. His angel
or feeling of victimization usually calms them down
quite some time after leaving as well as the stories
sometimes they tell how horrible things were for
to them. Most of these people are new, less than 1 year in
the organization and it is easy to draw on the
cliché that ‘it just wasn’t right for them’.
But what about the seeker who has spent an inordinate
amount of time to the group, say more than 5 years?
A personal explosion is not going to cause a dedicated
member to lose his cool and quit… At least not well
far. She knows that disagreements come and go, just as
people, but she is committed to her path and the
Deities he serves.
What kinds of things should you consider? Retirement
which he has faithfully organized over the last few
years? Or the land that the group bought with much
of work and sweat where he planted a grove
Dedicated to Diana Should you continue working on the
newsletter that only she knows how to layout? Prayed
Should I stop doing outreach programs locally?
schools and media that she does every Samhain?
He is well aware of the role he plays in the
group and what it will miss, as well as all the
things connected to it.
What kinds of things could I look at to help the
decision and the resulting transition to move as smoothly
are you possible?
Here are several ideas and suggestions to think about
when it comes to the decision to leave a coven,
circle, temple or other type of spiritual
organization.
These suggestions only work if the organization you
engage respectfully and trust your judgment
of what is right for you. This may sound playful
for some people, but many organizations don’t. Yew
you are involved in an organization that does not
encourage you to review your trip with your
spiritual leaders, to sit down and be honest about
his thoughts of leaving and why, and does not offer
any support during the transition into a healthy
way, these suggestions may not be helpful to you as
a tool to use with leadership but to work in
a journal or a supportive friend or counselor.
1. Review your commitment to the organization. Before
you leave completely consider gently passing on take
about new responsibilities. maybe you can find another
path of service to the organization as rewarding as
the last one you held.
2. Take a gap year. Time away from a situation can
lend you some clarity that being involved cannot.
3. Realizing that you may have grown and changed in some
ways you are not fully aware of. for all the
rhetoric of confronting his shadow self and those related
drama, you may have just reached a point in your life
where you are ready to follow another personal path
increase. If you’re lucky, you might be able to
keep your same spiritual family, but again,
You should not.
4. If you feel that the group is stagnant,
consider organizing a new program with the support of
the group. You may feel that the group is not
growing. After mapping the working hours and
necessary resources, you may choose to consider a new
project or extension program to follow within the
cluster.
5. Consider that you could be resistant to growing
in the particular way that this group is supporting
you to grow Sometimes as much as we think we are
open-minded and flexible, our spiritual path can act as
a magnifying glass to show us areas where we are not
how we see ourselves. instead of letting be
be still and realize that the situation you are in
It may be something you just don’t want to deal with,
It’s not a situation to run from. It can be a challenge for
be faced
6. Review your goals and limits within the group.
You may have met your original goals
for joining, or maybe you didn’t have any when you
United. Now with new responsibilities and changes in
your life you don’t have the free time you had before
Attend all group functions. look what you
the goals are. What are you in the group to do? Why are
you in this particular group? if you don’t know what it is
important that you know it’s easy to feel
dissatisfied when you have no idea what
compliance is for you or how to measure it.
7. Look at the role you play within the group. If you
they are involved in committees that do not function elect
relinquish that role when his term in the
the committee is ready. Don’t have a term? start animating
the group to place them. Not only for you but for
everyone involved. Burnout can be treated and
Avoid with a little planning.
Working with these ideas can make a difference
between revitalizing a spiritual organization or
leaving it completely.
