Superiority Is Insecurity

We convince ourselves we are better than others when we fear we are not enough, or not okay.

Feeling superior often comes from feeling inferior and afraid.

We convince ourselves we are better than others when we fear we are not enough, or not okay.

Bringing awareness to the ways we imagine we are better than others…

More conscious, more evolved, more considerate, more attractive.

Less rude, less impactful, less reactive, less superficial.

Is bringing awareness to the places in which we may lack awareness of our own self-worth and inherent safety.

The places we feel we need to prove or protect ourselves.

The places our fears and shadows lie.

The places we are avoiding pain.

The places that are inviting our awareness of the love that we are, and of how safe we truly are.

Superiority is a form of projection that allows us to avoid facing our shadows and fears.

That allows us to avoid facing our pain.

But it is in facing our shadows, in facing our pain, that we free ourselves from the prison of insecurity.

From the prison of superiority.

From the illusion that we are not safe.

From the illusion of separation.

An example of my process of exploring my shadow, allowing the pain, and responding with love…

I am judging her as less considerate than me.

This may imply an insecurity about the ways I consider others.

Perhaps I know deep down that I am not as considerate as I pretend to be, and I’m afraid to face this part of me.

Perhaps I fear that I am not choosable as a partner, as a close friend, and my inconsiderate ways will lead me to be alone.

Perhaps I feel, on some level, that my gestures of consideration are very selfish in nature, and I judge myself for this.

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