Spiritual Misalignment
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Spiritual Misalignment
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Mandeep Gupta. (2025). Spiritual Misalignment: Understanding Separation Beyond Failure in Human Relationships. Shodh Sagar Journal of Language, Arts, Culture and Film, 2(3), 13–17. https://doi.org/10.36676/jlacf.v2.i3.40

Abstract

Traditional interpretations of separation, particularly within intimate or marital relationships, often equate parting with failure. This research challenges that notion by introducing the concept of spiritual misalignment—a deeper, non-pathological reason for separation between two individuals. Using philosophical, psychological, and historical lenses, the paper explores how parting may arise not from dysfunction but from diverging inner callings, existential growth paths, and misaligned spiritual destinies. Case studies from spiritual history—such as Siddhartha and Yashodhara, Tulsidas and Ratnavali, Yajnavalkya and his wives, Meera, and the divine bond between Krishna and Radha—are explored to validate this thesis.

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