Problem: Disconnection from Self
Disconnection from Self
Because you had to focus so exclusively on connecting to god, assimilating in church, not "sinning," and following the "authority of the Bible," you had no space to connect with yourself, to honor your own experiences, and to listen to your own inner wisdom. The top-down approach of the evangelical framework teaches you to be suspicious of anything arising from your own inner knowing. And you've become disconnected from yourself. Your desires. Your inner compass. Your own goodness. But it doesn't have to stay that way...