Going inward creates intimacy with life. Life is experienced through your inner world. Whatever depth lives inside (emot...

Going inward creates intimacy with life. Life is experienced through your inner world. Whatever depth lives inside (emotionally, energetically, psychologically), becomes the limit of how deeply life can be felt. If certain emotions are avoided, life will be muted. If vulnerability is resisted, intimacy will be limited. If stillness is uncomfortable, presence can't be accessed. Avoiding the inner world doesn't protect you, it narrows the entire range of experience. Life can only meet you, where you are willing to meet yourself.