The questions of soldiers' trauma is not exactly the same thing as Chris'
actual question. I too recall Bert saying that killing someone in battle does
not carry the same systemic issues as any other kind of killing. I can't
quote chapter and verse, but I clearly remember him saying it. He does NOT
say war isn't traumatic. In constellations, some of the deepest traumas,
which became systemic, were the loss of comrades--not simply the survivor's
guilt form, but the loss of persons with whom one was deeply emotionally bonded.
So in discussion of a soldier's trauma, yes, there are many. The point I think
(?) Chris was addressing was the issue of "murder", and does a soldier who
kills in battle set up a systemic trauma of the type usual in other kinds of
murder. Hellinger clearly says no.
Interestingly, a recent study indicates that even in battles, most soldiers
shoot in the air--only a small percentage shoot to kill. The stats make it
sound like gunfights in movies, where a jillion shots are fired and miss....
The amount of ammunition used, the close quarters, etc, don't add up, and the
conclusion was most are just shooting wildly in the general direction of "above
their heads". That kind of war is pretty much a thing of the past tho. Kind
of a non-sequitur, but interesting anyway.
Anne Beversdorf
Counselling Astrologer
Western and Vedic
www.stariel.com
anne@xxxxxxxxxxx
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