Around every human heart there is a wall of fearful protection that has been built up since childhood, and that wall really needs to come down. Why? Because it prevents us from being truly free, joyful and happy. It prevents us from being fully open and at ease with ourselves and others. It prevents us from making brave and bold decisions which require the courage and integrity that come from our heart. It prevents us from knowing a much deeper peace and security, free from fear, anxiety and worry for the future. And ultimately, it prevents us from knowing and experiencing the divine beauty of spiritual truth in our heart, which in fact is what every human heart longs for. In essence, that wall keeps us weak and disconnected, and makes us instead rely upon our ego for the things that our ego is incapable of providing. Our ego can never make us feel deeply happy, secure, loving, courageous, peaceful, fulfilled and spiritually free. But our heart certainly can. www.AlexanderBell.org