The Voice

Melissa and Jared talk about the concept of the Inner Critic.  A model of soul development is introduced where we go from Essence, to Ego, to Encapsulation and ultimately try to move to Expansion.  An earlier version of ourselves creates a set of rules and an operating system in order to survive.  As we get older a voice develops that keeps us encapsulated into the person we think we need to be and then this contrived self needs to stay in this pattern by using an inner critic or a motivating voice.  It is ultimately a voice that reminds us of the rules of being a "good" person and warns us of the danger of attempting something outside of the narrow perception we have of ourselves.  Using a multitude of metaphors Jared and Melissa talk about the need to start uncovering the rules, to start moving towards expansion.  Our souls age in geological time.