7 Love, power and serenity in divinity or in distortion

There are three major divine attributes—love, power and serenity—that in the healthy person work as a team. They maintain flexibility amongst themselves so one never drowns another out… But when they are in distortion, they step all over each other. Then love, power and serenity get distorted into their malevolent counterparts: submission, aggression and withdrawal…

In our efforts to master our difficulties, largely created in childhood and then perpetuated into adulthood through our wrong solution choices, we find ourselves increasingly bound up by the tight constrictions of a vicious circle… It never occurs to us that our real problem is the solution we have chosen…

For a child, it is valid to need to receive protective love. But if such a need is carried over into adulthood, it’s no longer valid… When we’re so dependent on others for love, we become helpless.  We won’t stand on our own two feet… These attitudes become so ingrained in us, it’s like they’re part of our nature. But they are not…

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Bones, Chapter 7: Love, Power and Serenity in Divinity or in Distortion

Read Original Pathwork® Lecture: #84 Love, Power, Serenity as Divine Attributes and as Distortions