Episode #54

[Sacred Fool]

One additional element which could be tossed into the discussion is that, in my experience, self acceptance becomes ever more challenging as one works ever deeper to balance personality distortions.  That is, the more you actually feel and know your own distortions, the more one inherits fuel for the fire of self blame and disgust, etc.  It's a bruising process, to be sure.  Ugly distortions, particularly in the lower energy centers, can be so horrifying that even getting to the point of choosing whether or not to accept can be a real ordeal, particularly if significant trauma is involved.