One of the most insidious habits of self-sabotage is the choice to be defensive. Many times spiritual students find themselves on a hamster wheel of compulsive, self-defense inner dialogue-arguing with people in their mind. A Course in Miracles teaches us that this self-defense is actually a debilitating habit that profoundly weakens us.

Originally aired July 17, 2012

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