{"id":74,"date":"2010-11-17T16:32:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T21:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprimalmind.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2011-04-29T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:43:54","slug":"primal-therapy-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprimalmind.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Primal therapy and religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Bruce Wilson<\/p>\n

A tip of the hat to David Mitchel Stow<\/a> for his excellent post on primal pain, religion, forgiveness, and the essence of true religion versus the stuff that merely kills pain. Mitch has a way of eloquently expressing these topics so I’ve decided to reproduce some excerpts here.<\/p>\n

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“Primal Therapy, correctly done, sheds light on social mythologies and this itself is a form of evidence for its validity. Improperly done, Primal Therapy, is no more than what the field of psychology has become: our state religion. State religions enslave, that\u2019s why the early founders of the United States thought it should be kept separate from government.”<\/p>\n

“Religions are pain killers based on belief systems that differ, and when they contact opposing belief systems their efficacy for dealing with pain is weakened. When this happens the members feel as if their \u201csecurity\u201d and possibly their \u201clife\u201d is threatened. War can easily break out when this occurs.”<\/p>\n

“When people say primal therapy is revolutionary there is a reason for that. Love and sanity are indeed revolutionary concepts in this world, and revolutionaries like Jesus seemed to have recognised this fact.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Mythology can\u2019t be accurately interpreted unless we get real with the pain and struggle for survival that human beings, real human beings, have experienced.”<\/p>\n

“Hate is not a family value, real forgiveness and repentance is. How do we come to really forgive and repent? We have to feel what it is we are forgiving and repenting from. Make sense? Welcome to the enlightenment of Janovian Primal Therapy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Art is very inspiring, and that is not because he abuses charismatic abilities, but because he has seen a deep core reality in our human experience and knows we must take action.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good stuff, Mitch. You can read more on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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