The Wave of Tenderness

We wall ourselves off because we don't, I'm not saying you or me, but I'm just saying there's the propensity of the collective mind to say, don't go there. And that's based on self protection. Right. Oh, I don't want to feel this. Well, what if we get out of our own way? What if there's no self to protect? What happens then? We're more likely to feel hopeful. Yes. When we notice those as physical sensations and we don't close down, we can connect with the emotion, we can turn toward it...and we're less likely to feel helpless. That also fits with what we've been talking about