{"id":224173,"date":"2022-11-21T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=224173"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:01:53","slug":"betrayal-all-the-way-down-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/11\/betrayal-all-the-way-down-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Betrayal All the Way Down (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I begin, \u201cEveryone on the planet has been betrayed on some level\u201d \u2026 but first<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether we deal with our powerful, universal experience of betrayal consciously or unconsciously will literally make all of the difference in the world. It is critical that we take an enlightened approach to get this one right. Here I attempt a comprehensive, coherent and constructive analysis to guide us towards intentional, wisely designed strategies and processes, informed by social science, conflict analysis, psychology and history.<\/p>\n

I used to be a licensed clinical psychologist with a practice in individual, couple, family therapy, Jungian analysis and psychoneuroimmunology, with interests in political psychology, and conflict transformation. I coined \u201cReparology\u2122\u201d \u2013 towards a social science of repair. \u00a0\u201cReparative justice,\u201d is more precise than \u201crestorative justice\u201d because we need to transcend rather than restore conditions that allowed such destruction.<\/p>\n

Now we need what I call \u201cPOLITICAL THERAPY\u201d \u2013 like family therapy only bigger, but no one is making an appointment.<\/p>\n

Many countries and cultures, ancient and modern, have evolved public processes, tribunals, and truth commissions, using techniques and rituals to emerge from periods of collective trauma to constructively address pain, trauma and conflicts. South Africa\u2019s Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC), among others, was designed to prevent a bloodbath at the end of apartheid.<\/p>\n

In part 2 I will present a formula, with elements common to all processes, adapted to this one to help us process this prolonged, multifaceted, global trauma.<\/p>\n

I hope this can lead to organizing a graceful way out towards a softer landing and a best-case scenario to support the building of a new, healthy society.<\/p>\n

In part 2 I will present a formula, with elements common to all processes, adapted to this one, informed by social science to help us process this prolonged, multifaceted, global trauma.<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tessa Lena<\/strong> \u2013 for inspiration about betrayal<\/p>\n

Robert Malone<\/strong> for many of his cartoons from Friday Funnies and Sunday Strips<\/p>\n

Mello <\/strong>Trust And Betrayal \u2013 How To Destroy, Take Over And Transform The Society When No One is Watching<\/a>, a brilliant article. I took some quotes from it<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t wish to read so much, you can skim through headlines, lists and illustrations to get the idea.<\/p>\n

Here is a table of contents so you know where this is going.<\/p>\n

CONTENTS PART 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

FORMS OF BETRAYAL<\/p>\n

ARCHETYPAL DEPTHS OF BETRAYAL: The Violation of Basic Trust<\/p>\n

THE COVID WALL OF LIES<\/p>\n

BETRAYAL BURSTS FORTH FROM TWO NEW CRACKS IN THE DAM<\/p>\n

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  1. Moral Outrage at Pfizer in the European Parliament<\/li>\n
  2. US Emotional Firestorm over the Atlantic\u2019s Emily Oster\u2019s Request for Amnesty<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BETRAYAL<\/p>\n

    CASCADE OF BETRAYAL ALL THE WAY DOWN<\/p>\n