May 2011

  • Production of Evil

    I am thinking Alice Miller may be one of my new favorite authors on Childhood and its affects as well as understanding why parents do what they do. Here is what she writes on the back of her book, “Banished… Continue reading

  • Theories as a Protective Shield

    “Theories as a Protective Shield” chapter 4, in Banished Knowledge by Alice Miller, she writes… “The feminist movement will forfeit none of its strength if it finally admits that mothers also abuse their children. Only the truth, even the most… Continue reading

  • Unable to Heal.

    Here is another part of Alice Miller’s book “Banished Knowledge”…again from the chapter, Wicked Child. “Reactions to new insights reflect not only training but also the tragedy of unequaled chances: A loved child receives the gift of love and with… Continue reading

  • Our Own Mother Lode.

    In Alice Miller’s book, Banished Knowledge, the chapter, called ‘the wicked child’ is the following. “In Thou Shalt Not be Aware, I have demonstrated how precisely Freud’s “drive” theory and Melanie Klein’s theory of the cruel infant coincide with the… Continue reading

  • Rapture is felt.

    Today everyone is talking about “The Rapture” and my brother and I wondered about its meaning, the word itself. Rapture. 1. overwhelming happiness: a euphoric transcendent state in which somebody is overwhelmed by happiness or delight and unaware of anything… Continue reading

  • The territory of God, Reality.

    From David Hawkins’s book “Truth vs Falsehood” “The limitations of religion have been analyzed by historians from secular viewpoint and by theologians in their criticisms as well as by great philosophers over the centuries. The intrinsic problems arise from the… Continue reading

  • What my mind can hold.

    Glancing through the book “Truth vs Falsehood” by David Hawkins, I read this headline, “Cultism”…so here it is. “Cults ensnare the unwary by their specialness and false promises. Members have ‘insider’ status and a special ‘lingo’. The group leader is… Continue reading

  • Returns to being good.

    What a multifaceted catch 22 it is when society is asking that the children of abuse be the ones to stop it. To be the ones to name their perpetrator, to come out of their cages of captivity and walk… Continue reading

  • Untouched Key by Alice Miller

    Here is an Appendix from Alice Miller’s book that I read online that had me ordering this book, “The Untouched Key”…it’s copyright is 1988. “For some years now there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of… Continue reading

  • My Body, My mind and My Spirit.

    Something magical happens when you are forced, as in my case, to stand without secrets, to be bare unto the world, to have nothing hidden out of sight, when your worst fears and beyond are realized, you are exposed and… Continue reading