"Shyness is the individual's defense mechanism against the world. When an individual is very sensitive and feels very deeply within their being, shyness is a form of protection. So a shy individual is actually trying to protect themselves from their sensitivity.
"Some of your most sensitive people are also your shyest people, because they can pick up anything they are in proximity to, including a lot of the feelings from individuals around them. Since they pick up and feel what others around them are feeling, they become so sensitive within their being that they can't deal with it. Shyness is a form of pulling away from that. It is a form of retreating from other people's feelings and intensities.
"Shyness can, on one hand, be used as a tool for growth and evolution in the individual, but it can also be used as a retreat away from life and existence. Rather than learning how to master your sensitivity, many of you will choose different methods of dealing with it. Shyness is one. Defensiveness is a form of shyness and another way of dealing with it. Some will used recreational chemicals including alcohol in order to run away from their sensitivities. Others use anger.
"You are all very sensitive in your own beings when you allow yourself to be so, but as a society and a planet, you are so sensitive that you are all hurting because of it. So you try to heal your own hurt one way or another. You can bandage your sensitivity or hurt by not feeling, by covering it up, or by disguising it. Shyness, shame, alcoholism, and other addictions are all tools to cover up the feelings that the individual is going through."
- Philip (articulated through Sheradon Bryce) from Joy Riding the Universe
"Some of your most sensitive people are also your shyest people, because they can pick up anything they are in proximity to, including a lot of the feelings from individuals around them. Since they pick up and feel what others around them are feeling, they become so sensitive within their being that they can't deal with it. Shyness is a form of pulling away from that. It is a form of retreating from other people's feelings and intensities.
"Shyness can, on one hand, be used as a tool for growth and evolution in the individual, but it can also be used as a retreat away from life and existence. Rather than learning how to master your sensitivity, many of you will choose different methods of dealing with it. Shyness is one. Defensiveness is a form of shyness and another way of dealing with it. Some will used recreational chemicals including alcohol in order to run away from their sensitivities. Others use anger.
"You are all very sensitive in your own beings when you allow yourself to be so, but as a society and a planet, you are so sensitive that you are all hurting because of it. So you try to heal your own hurt one way or another. You can bandage your sensitivity or hurt by not feeling, by covering it up, or by disguising it. Shyness, shame, alcoholism, and other addictions are all tools to cover up the feelings that the individual is going through."
- Philip (articulated through Sheradon Bryce) from Joy Riding the Universe