Defensiveness … What is its
origin?  Ego.  Always the ego tries to protect itself, and
it does this by giving you the illusion of separation from others.  There is only the separation of individual
traits.  At your essence there is only
Consciousness.  Consciousness is
Love.  Anything less than that reveals a
focus on the smaller self, ruled by ego, and not on the Highest Self that joins
all as One.

If you feel the need to
protect the smaller self, to prove that you are right, to defend your beliefs,
actions, appearances, or any aspect of your individuality, there is nothing
wrong with this.  It is the human
way.  But when you can see that it only
serves to keep you separate from others and farther from the highest
expressions of Love, then you know that you are not truly free.

Freedom comes when you let
down your guard and “let it be.”  There
is only Love.  All else is a Learning
Opportunity.