| BkIV:7.II.2 | The idea of being oneself in a relationship that unites everyone with everything in an undivided unity is something that frightens those who are so obsessed with being themselves that they build fortresses and barricades so nothing pierces the wall of their weak self. They think they protect themselves from possible attack, which they do because they think they have attacked themselves—and indeed they did, although that should not be a cause for concern. |