Embracing present OK-ness reduces ingrained reactivity

Beliefs and reactive thinking, feeling, acting are based in the past.

What would it be like to climb out from inside them?

Practicing compassionately observing oneself and others while anchored in present-moment experiencing (deciding one is safe, valuable, and connected to all of life) updates neural pathways to reflect present experience.  In this manner illusory patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior are gradually replaced by patterns that support Truth.