# Not Confronting Empire is Spiritual Bypassing

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Podcast: [An Infinite Path](https://stenobird.com/podcast/an-infinite-path-739115)
Published: 2026-04-10T19:09:37+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nilesheckman.com/podcast/2026/4/10/38goomdiuxcsdhll5uxqjjgin37scm
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## Resource

Not Confronting Empire is Spiritual Bypassing Niles Heckman Download The spiritual path is the path of each individual's personal evolution and development. Or change that into saying how one grows and improves through their life. Which is actually over lifetimes. And just to let you know dear watcher or listener, it's why you're currently in the Earth realm. Because there is improvement needed. For each of us. Ignoring empire, again meaning the darkness - supremacism, colonialism, imperialism, racism, classism, militarism, and the general shadow of the world is bypassing because it allows the ego to survive in a more refined form. It says, “I am above this,” while quietly remaining entangled in it and not doing your part to improve it. Facing empire—especially one’s own—dissolves that illusion. It humbles the seeker. It forces integration. And integration, not escape, is the real work. These insight sub-episodes are mirrored on our primary YouTube channel which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@NilesHeckman/videos

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