Today I chose a penguin enjoying a little food searching in the water, it somehow resonated with the vibe of today. Where I am it is getting colder and colder and it feels like hiding is the only way to survive the chill of the wind, so a penguin hiding it’s face in the water pretty much described the feeling of the day.
And of course, hiding, generally, is what we seem to be really good at, as a species. We hide behind a smile. We hide behind excuses. We hide in the world of the internet. We hide away our problems. We do not talk about the stuff that is embarrassing. We hide away our shame. We hide away all that is negative in the hope that people would not see our flaws and that we will not be called out on things we do not do too well.
Admitting to things, be that to ourselves or to others is hard, it is hard because it would make use vulnerable. Vulnerability in the past meant certain death, whilst in the modern world vulnerability is social suicide. As we have mentioned many times, as ancient humans we were facing real threats, and as a species we survived. In the modern world the equivalent of the deadly animals, we have the social interactions. As ancient humans we lived in tribes and unity, togetherness was celebrated, it helped us connect, it helped us survive. In this modern world we continue to be told that in order to stand out, you have to make it on your own, in order to be top dog, you have to go for what you want no matter the cost, and yes, we had certain politicians that have told us to “look out for number one”. We have been encouraged for decades to go out there and search our fortune, and yet we have forgotten that together we are stringer. It is true we no longer need the tribe to help us survive, we are facing very little actual threat from the wild, and yet we have now reached a point, where we are threatened by the very connections with others. I meet so many people afraid to connect because in their mind it is the equivalent of being eaten alive.
Do you burry your hand in the sand, in the hopes that what you fear goes away? Do you stay away from people for fear of disappointment? Do you not connect with others for fear of judgement? Do you hide away from the world and then wonder why you are all alone? Or do you do it just to “hunt for soul food” and you come back to the world again? Are you ready to surface again, and be out from your hiding place?
Time to take out your diary and take some notes when answering the questions.
Conscious Mentorship
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