Introspection: What is it? A unhealthy habit of inward self-examination, thinking and rehashing. Exercise of looking inward to find truth, pre-occupied in our minds with the past or the future. Isolates us in a lonely monologue. Leads us to despair, shame, guilt, pride, uncertainty. Can be very seductive and dangerous, developing into a stronghold where the demonic hides. Self-examination through either self-reproach or self-approval, it can be relentless in criticism. Auto-immune disease of the soul -- uses its own resources to turn on itself and devour itself. Rational mind turned in on itself and analyzing, thereby paralyzing the receptive intuitive mind of the heart. We are using our beautiful mind in wrong, unhealthy ways, without proper balance. Underlying these patterns of thought is a deeper anxiety and unrest, an unsettled state where we ...