Yes. Where¹s the (distorted) love?
Some themes are impressing me right now:
* Black and white frame removes the difficulties associated with ambiguity
* Belonging is absolute (as long as you obey)
* Purity is insured (for those who belong)
* Being held by something big, certain, boundaried, and unchanging
* Self-sacrifice for the larger good (as defined by the group)
All really compelling motivations, esp in the context of certain types of
trauma
Peace, Leslie
The Rev. Leslie Nipps, NLP & Family Constellations Practitioner
³Trust as a Way of Life²
www.leslienipps.com
leslie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Date: 24 Sep 2014 02:06:26 -0700
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Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Re: cults
Hi Lesley, Interested in what you find out as I have regular client whose
mother grew up in religious cult, where there was much molestation, her
daughter grew up in same cult with same experiences. She has strengths to
leave the religion, seek a lot of psychological help and start a family of
her own independent of cult and molestation. She knows little about her mum
s family and even less about her fathers. So all of it the system of the
cult and her own families systems are shrouded in mystery. And even as I
write this I notice my own judgement of the religious group/ cult and notice
I forget to acknowledge what it may have given to my clients family. I
suppose it all comes down to questions of love and power. Where is the love
in the cult...?
