We inhabit a world in which we have inherited, genetically, epigenetically, generationally and culturally, the tendency to hide in response to the fear that is evoked by awakening to our vulnerability. But not simply our vulnerability as a fact but rather the felt implication of shame that heralds the impending abandonment we are about to undergo. Notice that fear follows the anticipation of the feeling of shame: “I was afraid because I was naked.” Adam’s felt sense of vulnerability—expressed as shame—drives the engine of the story as it unfolds. And so it is with all of us. Our vulnerability,
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