Tuesday, July 21, 2009

222 - Sources of Shame #7 - Our individualism

Gordon Wheeler talks about the individualist paradigm we are socialized to
believe in that was first created 3000 years ago in Greece. It posits that we
are separate beings and we should be able to handle things ourselves.
Therefore, if we can't handle everything ourselves there is something wrong with us. This is a quite common
source of shame for us because the truth is we do need each other in many ways and
thus have a sense of failure when we don't live up to the unrealistic expectations of
our individualist paradigm. In this paradigm to need help and need others is shameful.
Peace,
Ken

www.kenlewiscounselor.net

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