Shame is not real

Shame is not real. All shame is, is internalized anger. If you learn as a child to be scared to be angry because it wasn't safe as a child for you to be angry, or you saw one or both of your parents express anger in an unsafe way, and when you have the experience of anger in the body, you will have a new pattern coming from your mind blocking or fighting that anger. And you will say, no, I'm a good kid.

I can't be angry. And then that will turn the anger energetically in a circle and it will go right back and attack your own self. And then we call that shame. The problem with that, other than it's very destructive and causes addictions and depression, is that shame doesn't heal on its own.

So even just being aware of shame doesn't really do that much. What you need to learn how to do is identify what you're actually angry at and undo that pattern and create an environment in our body and our soul that it's safe to be angry. So then that shame turns into externalized anger. And then that will relieve many of the mental health symptoms related to the shame.

Hi, I'm Scott, a spiritual teacher guiding people through spiritual awakening by embracing our humanness.