This is a bit of speculation, but it fits a current circumstance that I am examining:
- could there be a (psychic/metaphysical) equivalent of the "Stockholm syndrome", where the victim of an act begins to identify with the perpetrators of the wrong?
The case I am thinking of is where person A, in a past life as a torturer in Constantinople, blinds person B (Tim Severin writes about these sort of events in his Viking series - I think in the third book, "Kings Man"). Obviously, one would expect the karmic return to be along the lines of person B either literally (perhaps through the instrument of an accident) or figuratively (e.g. being duped, conned or misled in some way - unable to see something) blinding person A. What, though, if, in addition to that, person B had an idealised, "blinded" view of person A still?
Obviously that would be an extra edge of the karmic entanglement to be repaid, but it is also a psychological aspect to be watched for and managed.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm .... I'll have to think more on that.
(Maybe it's a bit like those women who defend patriarchy?)
Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr
Tags: karma, philosophy, psychology, past lives, Stockholm Syndrome, control, inappropriate reactions, emotions, abuse,
First published: Sunday 20th December, 2009
Last edited: Tuesday 22nd December, 2009
