
11/03/2025
Discovering Your Defenses - Most people are compulsively caught in their pasts, unaware that they are living out a no longer appropriate response to the present. The ego needs to rationalize behavior so it makes sense in the present and misses entirely that it is caught in a past response. “It’s not my fault that I act this way. If you’d act differently, I wouldn’t be this way.” It’s because of ——–!” “This is just the way I am. I was born with this temperament. I inherited it from my parents.” In truth, you created your reactions through your ability to adapt. Most of your adaptions were automatic; your reactions are a natural response to the stress you were experiencing. All this is actually a testimony to your marvelous abilities to survive physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It is also a testimony to your ability to learn.