Insecurity is a trigger that signals our defenses to take action. It causes one to veer into criticism, withdraw, and beyond. Then, for most of us, a judgment comes either against ourselves or is deflected outward. Using the Introspective Guides, Robert provides grounding for us to stay with these feelings, give them their due, breathe into them and begin to understand them. This space gives us a key to how to deal with these challenging emotions and be supportive of them. In the western world, sharing what is deeply affecting us at a core level is a rare event, as it is a departure from mainstream conditioning. It is from here that awareness can make it possible to real back the self-judgment and triggered responses like a fishing line. Reel it back and say, I wonder where that came from? Perhaps begin a dialogue with whom you acted out against. It is never too late to become more awake. It is never too late to go back and communicate.

There are many core feelings that we have automatic defenses against. Often it changes subjects or manifests in withdrawal. The important pivot is that you want to go back. It is not that you should return but that you want to because you want to live more authentically. This is not therapy. This is being real. Staying with insecurity is important because then we can care for it and see the universality in it. If we can learn from the smaller challenges it makes it possible for us to learn about the bigger ones such as life, death, global warming, and war. This all starts with your reality and bridges out from there to be able to care for more and more elements of life and the planet.

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