Feeling Wounded

“You hold a contraction in your body, as do most people, that comes from early shocks and disappointments about the extent to which fear makes people cold and hard. By holding it, you unknowingly create a false meaning, or identity, for yourself. There is a part of the mind that likes to stay in darkness, the clutches at these shocks and holds onto them tightly to keep its small identity alive. The last of this clutching is to be released now. You are to take no more identity from being a wounded person.”
– Penney Peirce,
The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness