Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically.
True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of love.
Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.
The disowned part of self is an energy – an emotion or desire or need, that has been shamed every time it emerged. These energy patterns are repressed but not destroyed. They are alive in our unconscious.
The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic.
Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.
I believe that this neglected wounded inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.
I believe that this neglected wounded inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.
Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
It’s essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life’s pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.