When the Error Message Became My Mirror

Today, something so small happened — a simple technical message appeared on my screen:

“This URL couldn’t be reached. Make sure it’s entered correctly.”

Just an error.

But inside me, it awakened a wave — a familiar trembling that whispered, “Something’s wrong… maybe with me.”

It was subtle but deep — that old voice I’ve carried for years just be heard, the one that believes if things don’t work perfectly from the first try, there must be something wrong with me.

The Echo of Early Conditioning

As I sat there, feeling and observing my emotions with unconditional love and acceptance, I recognized the roots of this feeling.

It began long ago — in how I was raised, in how I learned that being perfect meant being safe.

In my academic years, it became even louder.

As a student, researcher, and later a professor, my identity was built around getting things right.

Mistakes equaled failure.

Errors carried the vibration of shame.

The mind became my strongest muscle — fast, sharp, analytical.

Lately, it has also become my prison. Let me explain why.

In science and education, we’re taught to lead with the mind.

We use logic, precision, and intellect to prove our worth — as scientists, as facts.

We become very sharp and very logical.

But that same brilliance can also become a cage — for my case it became a system that trains the nervous system to respond to every “error” as danger.

So now, when something simple like a website glitch happens, my body reacts as if my safety, success, and value are all on the line.

Meeting the Perfection Guardian

But this time, instead of fighting it, I paused.

I met that voice with tenderness and said:

“Hey, Perfection Guardian… thank you for protecting me.”

Because it did protect me.

It kept me alert, responsible, and aware.

It taught me how to see reflections, to understand creation, and to explore the connection between the creator, creation, and created.

But I also saw clearly — this guardian no longer needs to work so hard.

I don’t need to analyze everything in my reality to feel safe.

Therefore, I can re-parent myself now.

Now, when that fear rises, I speak not only to the inner child but to my body — to my nervous system itself:

“Hey body, thank you for your alert. We are safe.

I know you think something is wrong, but this is just new.

It’s okay to slow down.

It’s okay to feel.

It’s okay for things not to work perfectly the first time.

It’s okay to learn.

We are safe.”

Re-training the Body for the New Reality

I realized that my body is still catching up with the new version of me.

It remembers the old timelines where speed, control, and perfection equaled safety and worthiness.

So every time I shift into a new frequency — a new reality of ease and trust — my nervous system sometimes panics, thinking we’re in danger.

But this isn’t danger anymore.

This is growth.

This is re-training the body to feel safe in the vibration of peace and slowness.

Now, when I catch myself rushing or judging, I simply remind my body:

“We are learning.

We are supported.

We are loved.

Nothing about this error or delay says anything about our worthiness or enoughness.”

This is how I’m teaching my body to live in the new reality — not through control, but through trust.

Through presence.

Through love.

From Perfection to Peace

That old belief — that everything outside of me is my responsibility — served me well.

It made me aware of how creation mirrors me.

It helped me understand oneness and the dance between the creator, the created, and the creation.

But now, that belief has completed its purpose.

I can release it with gratitude.

I can let life be imperfect and still feel whole.

I can be human and divine at the same time — and still feel whole.

Today I whispered:

“Nothing is wrong with me.

Life is simply refining me.

This is just an error for growth.”

And for the first time, I felt peace in this process —

the kind of peace that comes when the mind no longer controls and rests in trust,

when the body starts feel safe to slow down,

and when being imperfect human feels divine again.

Integration Whisper

I honor the Perfection Guardian within me.

I thank her for protecting me, guiding me, and helping me understand creation itself.

But now, I choose a new guardian — peace.

I am safe in my body.

I am safe in my reality.

I am safe to slow down.

I am worthy, even when things don’t go right the first time.

I am the creator choosing trust now.

Noor Albarakati

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