collapse, posturing and composure - Marketing For Hippies

We are trained to look honestly at our own spiritual and religious hang-ups or baggage, so as not to project our unprocessed dramas or grief onto those we are called to serve. We are trained to work with the energies of fear.

This tendency to collapse under pressure is one of the hallmarks of the merging pattern. It

You can’t explain why you became indecisive when faced with an important decision. You can’t understand why you clam up and get nervous or second-guess ideas when you’re in a room with certain people. You don’t know why you keep talking and talking during a sales call,

The fearful ego tells us that by holding on to old resentments we protect ourselves from getting hurt again, or “falling.” The irony is that the release is in the fall.