Transcending Rigidity: Religious, Political, and Otherwise (The Four Stages of Spiritual Development, Part VI)

Rigid thinking often makes deeply felt emotional needs and insecurities. In this episode, we explore why getting stuck in rigid stage 2 thinking—with its polarization and its toxicity—is so common (especially in our contemporary world) and what we can do to divorce ourselves from an addiction to rigid certainty that doesn’t allow for healthy doubt, skepticism, and creativity.