Hello Moira,
While interesting, this trans-generational trauma through mirror neurons
does not explain how victims and perpetrators join family and other larger
systems. It seems that some other dynamic having to do with balance comes
into play.It is important to bear in mind that systemic constellation work
extends beyond families into larger systems and their often
trans-generational dynamics.This is one of the reasons that this work is so
valuable for
understanding and resolving social trauma .
Warm Regards,
Anngwyn St. Just
www.acst-interantional.com
In a message dated 8/5/2010 5:06:58 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
mjcanes@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Dear Anne,
I'm just in the process of reading Franz Ruppert's book "Trauma,
Bonding & Family Constellations". The book explains how trauma is
passed down through the generations through bonding with our parents
and the part that mirror neurons play in this process. I highly
recommend it. It's an excellent book. So, YES, is the answer to your
question.
Kind regards, Moira Canes
On 5-Aug-10, at 7:41 PM, Anne Beversdorf wrote:
I've mostly "lurked" here, but just had an experience and thought
I'd like to share. (I do group constellations rarely, and individual
constellations somewhat more regularly, when they seem called for in
my normal astrological practice. I've been doing this since 1998.)
So, I've got a story to tell followed by a question...
I just did a constellation for myself, preceded a few years ago by a
vision in which I "became" my grandfather, a young boy of about 5,
weeping inconsolably because his parents were at the graveyard. I'd
long known his general history: his father died, his uncle took the
kids from the mother (German-Texan law), the mother raised a $500/
child bond to regain custody and promptly died herself. I only
recently learned he was 5 when his father died, so only recently
realized he effectively lost both parents when he was the age I
temporarily "embodied". (His mother died when he was 12, but I don't
know the year when she regained custody.)
I remember my own childhood until age 5 as happy, with me
ridiculously self-confident and optimistic, and remember that after
that I became more "serious"--melancholy even, but can't identify
anything difficult that happened in my life at that time. As an
adult I've suffered periods of deep depression for no apparent
reason. So my personal constellation reconnected me with my
grandfather and seems not only to have rescued me from a bout of
depression, but has triggered some big inner shifts I am only
beginning to see.
So here's the question. We see so often the effect of family history
in constellations... Do you think it's at all possible that "mirror
neurons" work across generations? According to my neurologist
brother, these have a specific location in the brain. If emotions
are carried by parents into the offspring, is it possible that
mirror neurons are involved in multigenerational trauma (or success,
for that matter)?
Anne Beversdorf
Counseling Astrologer
Western and Vedic
www.stariel.com
anne@xxxxxxxxxxx
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