To go into Hermit mode can be directly related to needing to hide oneself. Or, desiring a period of internal reflection/evolution. How am I able to tell one from the other? In response to relationships and community interaction. This is a definition of both provided and channeled through my higher self and Spirit.
Their answers are not right and they are not wrong. They just are.
Hermit Mode: Hiding Oneself.
This is an insecurity of self. Avoidance of one's own reflection through communication with another being or group of beings. Avoidance of seeing all of oneself. One may find their insecurities heightened around another. Causing an imbalance in all four bodies (mind, emotional, spiritual and physical body).
Anxiety is activated. Fear is activated. Shame and jealousy is heightened. Due to our minds' inner battle of judgment upon another while in their presence or group setting. Shame around the need to conform to another's opinion/belief system. Feelings of imposter syndrome due to ways of communicating, to seek validation or approval.
Judgements of self due to not practicing one's boundaries. Guilt and shame around participating in the act of gossiping of another, who is not in your presence.
Hiding from oneself reflects our actions of hiding from the world. Not attending events.
Hiding from oneself is a reflection of not knowing one's own core belief system and patterns. Lack of voice for one's own values, beliefs and ways of living.
There is a heaviness to this act. A shadow that consumes. Getting bigger and bigger. There will be times as humans where an excuse is found not to leave our shell. Be it finances, family commitments, not feeling well ( our body will produce what we believe).
This is hiding in a shell with a locked door. There are blackout blinds on the windows. There is a tiny stream of light coming in. But it is hard to see. Only when we are removing the blindfold, will we seek out the light.
Hermit Mode: An act of Self Reflection/Evolution
Finding oneself unsettled by an event directly or indirectly related to communication with another or group. Processing. Discovering where in self a need has not been met. Or has been met. A discovery of what you are ready to receive. What you have not allowed yourself to receive. What is in the need of healing. What is in need of recognition.
How one’s desires through relationships and communication has changed. How one’s perception of life is calling out to be changed. Reality vs Illusion. Clarity. Building a foundation of self awareness.
Recognizing what is no longer needed to add a sense of personal value and love.
A change in one’s personal definition of love. This is a simple yet not simple act of hermitting that does not last for a significant amount of time. And yet it is significant in its own right.
This hermit mode is built on a foundation of strength, love and evolution.
No desire to excuse oneself from life. But join it.
Our shell is not enclosed for there is always a way in and out. There is always the shadow and the light. There is a door. A gate. Windows wide open. There is breath. There is life.