With relation to child development and the fact that collecting protective blankets to survive is what we do.  We can see that its inevitable that a false self is created.  The power of step 5 is that these blankets have been uncovered to a certain extent in ones personal inventory and therefore the real vulnerable part has been unmasked to a certain extent.  The action of sharing is about the process of acceptance.  That we let another trusting individual into our hearts by sharing who we are, our real stuff that we have hidden because we fear we would not be accepted.  From childhood we build these defences because we have to adapt to be accepted.  We carry this into adulthood and continue with old strategies because they are what we know and familiarity is what human beings tend to stay with.  Its logical from a “child Ego State ”  as we found a way to survive life and others , so why would we not carry this process on. I see this as the “Little Professor” the parent in the child who develops strategies that make the most sense at the time and fitted and worked and helped protect against any pain that had to be endured.   Within this process we can become lost in old strategies that no longer work for us.  Additionally, we know we are hiding stuff that is real about us and we cannot show.  This is because  we have  beliefs about showing our vulnerabilities and imperfections  in-case there are consequences that cause pain..  This belief which is hidden very deep is that our real self is not acceptable.  Therefore the step 5 is so significant for spiritual healing.  We cannot connect with our inner natural child if we do not share.  This natural inner child existed at the begining of our birth and we have had to construct false reality to protect the fears of not being accepted.  If we are not accepted as children then we don’t survive because the human baby cannot exist alone.  We need food,shelter and warmth.  It really is that primal to us and unconscious and often something we don’t think about.  What is real, what is false and if i take a risk “what will happen”.  If we don’t take a risk we stay stuck and don’t connect thus, keep on living our “stuff” that is false and not getting our needs met in a natural child and spiritual way.  Often sharing with a trusting other is a step towards the experience of spiritual intimacy which has such profound impact .  This is because it challenges what human being hold and fear.  That if we show our real self we will not survive.  Which is why we have constructed our false self in the first place.  It is a universal “Frame of Reference” which is really deep and very analytical and complex.  The simplicity of this step is the profound confrontation of this powerful belief .  If step 5 is taken the individual finds out that “the world is not going to cave in” and “I am acceptable”.  POWERFULXXXXXXXXXX