"Factor-x" represents us - that is, each one who acknowledges that from a point in time when we were very young, possibly an age not older than around three to five years old, we got stuck in time as a survival mechanism against our environment. Our Factor-x was created from a belief that we are inferior, a belief we derived from the treatment we likely got from our supposed caregivers. See or imagine Factor-x as a child, a young version of yourself that is holding your hand. That child wants to protect. That child has in its mind that it and you are in some danger, and wants to protect itself and you. Factor-x is not the enemy.
The mentality of the young child within you who wants to protect is, say, that of a three year old. You may even now be a grandparent at the point of reading this. That little child obviously does not have the ability to protect you and is only a figment of our own imagination. So Factor-x is not at all useful or helpful. It is steering us down paths we likely don't like.
But it doesn't know any better. We don't know any better. So it's best that we don't fight with that part of ourselves, but merely take it along on our journey, guiding it and ourselves along the way, with care and attention.
Once we see our Factor-x in this light, it might be easier to navigate our life without letting it get in our way. By accompanying that part of ourselves with care and attention, we are in a position to heal that child: to heal our Factor-x. As we heal it, it will likely grow up and accompany us with less and less interference in the sense of wanting to protect us. But keep in mind it is an immature child wanting to protect us, and that we created it at the time from a figment of our imagination.
It wants to be helpful. It wants to serve us. But it doesn't have the tools and therefore it is ineffective. It refuses to allow us to be ourselves and is counterproductive in its efforts. For humankind, our collective Factor-x is basically the creator of the destructive behavior we see and feel in the world. Factor-x wreaks havoc as if it were indeed the enemy.
The mentality of the young child within you who wants to protect is, say, that of a three year old. You may even now be a grandparent at the point of reading this. That little child obviously does not have the ability to protect you and is only a figment of our own imagination. So Factor-x is not at all useful or helpful. It is steering us down paths we likely don't like.
But it doesn't know any better. We don't know any better. So it's best that we don't fight with that part of ourselves, but merely take it along on our journey, guiding it and ourselves along the way, with care and attention.
Once we see our Factor-x in this light, it might be easier to navigate our life without letting it get in our way. By accompanying that part of ourselves with care and attention, we are in a position to heal that child: to heal our Factor-x. As we heal it, it will likely grow up and accompany us with less and less interference in the sense of wanting to protect us. But keep in mind it is an immature child wanting to protect us, and that we created it at the time from a figment of our imagination.
It wants to be helpful. It wants to serve us. But it doesn't have the tools and therefore it is ineffective. It refuses to allow us to be ourselves and is counterproductive in its efforts. For humankind, our collective Factor-x is basically the creator of the destructive behavior we see and feel in the world. Factor-x wreaks havoc as if it were indeed the enemy.
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