Through our backing our way into the future

[Virginia1993]

Hi there,

Could someone help me understand the meaning of the following red part?

To not undertake our personal mission, then, is not only a failure of our own journey, but a failure for our culture. We live so much of our lives backwards, not only dominated by history, but through our backing our way nervously into the future.

Mythologems, p. 68

 

[Virginia1993]

I suppose that the part in red is Hollis's somewhat obscure way to say that people are afraid to make bold changes in their lives.

Thank you owlman5

 

[Hans in Texas]

With our eyes on the past, our backs are turned towards the future; metaphorically, as time passes we travel backwards(that is, facing the past) into the future.