Class: Vengeance on the Past
Class summary: The centrality of punishment and special relationships in our lives. What we are looking for in a special relationship. How we insanely attempt to use our present relationships to take out vengeance on figures in our past, but “It is not his past but yours you hold against him” (T-17.VII.8:3). The conflict engendered when the mind and behavior are out of accord; a look at the Fear and Conflict section in in Chapter 2. The peril of focusing on changing form (at the expense of content). Protecting against using form to cover what we truly believe about ourselves. Seeing differences as a precursor to projection. Food as a symbol of deprivation and attack. Buying “stuff” as a sheild against our unhappiness, and the absurdity of believing it could work.
Time of class: 1:56:03
Bonnie performs I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still (Rebecca Clarke).
