Michael suggests that in order to be free all aspects of the psyche need to be brought into your awareness and released. "Begin by seeing the tendency to protect and defend yourself...Once you close, you have to make sure that what you protected doesn't get disturbed. You then carry this task for the rest of your life." (T.U.S., p. 62)
Or you can decide to observe the part of you that wants to protect itself, and let that part go. You are getting rid of the part that wants to close instead of protecting the part of you that wants to close.
"You start by watching life and noticing the constant flow of people and situations that hit your stuff every day." (T.U.S., p. 62)
Life is only hitting your stuff because you have stuff to hit. It just makes more sense to let the stuff go so that you can be free. This will be painful, but the pain will pass. As you become more and more centered as the observer, you will just need to touch the pain not dwell on it.
The 3rd paragraph on page 62 describes the prize for your efforts: the LIBERATION that comes from no longer protecting your psyche. How lovely it would be to be present in each moment...enjoying the beauty, the joy, the love, the magical moments that life presents to us, instead of pouring energy into defending our psychological sensitivities.
"Once you've made the commitment to free yourself of that scared person inside, you will notice that there is a clear decision point at which your growth takes place. Spiritual growth is about the point at which you start to feel your energy change." (T.U.S., p. 62). E.g., somebody says or does something to you that is disturbing to you. Michael describes this as the point where you either decide to protect yourself (hold onto the scared person) or grow (let it go).
What will you do???
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