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“Hurt people hurt people.” 

… “That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation after generation. 

See also: Amalek

Break the chain today.  Meet anger with empathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness.  Greet grimaces with smiles.  Forgive and forget about finding fault.  Love is the weapon of the future.” ~Yehuda Berg

The full quote expands on this idea, suggesting that to break the cycle, one should meet anger with empathy, contempt with compassion, and cruelty with kindness.

This concept suggests that individuals who have experienced pain or trauma may unconsciously pass on that hurt to others, creating a cycle that can only be broken through a conscious choice to respond with compassion and forgiveness.

The core idea: People who are in pain tend to inflict pain on others, passing on negative patterns across generations.

The solution: The quote proposes a path to break this cycle.

Meet anger with empathy.

Respond to contempt with compassion.

Counter cruelty with kindness.

Let go of the need to find fault and practice forgiveness.

The outcome: The quote ends with the powerful statement, “Love is the weapon of the future,” suggesting that love and compassion are the tools to stop this cycle.

Yehuda Berg: was born in Israel, is the author of many books on Kabbalah. He led the Kabbalah Centre until 2014.

Philip Berg: Yehuda Berg’s father, who was an Israeli rabbi, founded the Kabbalah Centre in Israel and then moved to the United States.

Yehuda Berg grew up in a Jewish environment and received a kabbalistic education by his father and an orthodox rabbinic ordination from a rabbinic seminary in Israel. As an active contributor of the Kabbalah Centre since the 1990s, he has developed his own Kabbalah interpretation focusing on self-improvement and healing, and has coached many Kabbalah Centre students, including some celebrities. In 2004, Yehuda Berg became co-director of the Kabbalah Centre. 

See also: Amalek

 

 

 

..::”Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of people who are oppressing them.
~ Assata Shakur

 

On an individual level,
healing strategies include: 

  • Developing self-awareness: Practices like mindfulness can help individuals perceive and witness their own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, rather than being ruled by them.

     

  • Finding safe spaces: Processing emotional pain requires a safe environment, whether through talking with a trusted person, a support group, or a mental health professional.

     

  • Creating a new narrative: By exploring and sharing one’s trauma story, it becomes less upsetting. This can happen through writing or speaking with trusted individuals.

     

  • Practicing self-regulation: Techniques such as deep breathing, meditation, and physical activity can help regulate the nervous system and calm the “fight, flight, or freeze” response.

     

  • Active Choice: Individuals can choose to break the cycle by seeking healing, forgiveness, and a living relationship with Self, thereby creating a different path for their own and future generations.

 

Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) terminology, Matthew 6:24 illustrates the conflict of a person’s “Self” being torn between two competing “Protectors” or “Exiles”: the “God” part and the “Mammon” (MONEY/materialism) part.

A person cannot fully serve both, as each has a different agenda that creates internal conflict, forcing the Self to choose which to prioritize to avoid being overwhelmed by one’s own divided system.

This is because “Mammon/MONEY” operates as an external and potentially idolatrous “Protector” seeking security, while the “God” part represents a deeper spiritual “Witness” that can be neglected when “Mammon/MONEY” rules.

Key concepts in IFS terms

 

Conflicting parts:

The “God” part and the “Mammon” part are presented as two opposing managers or leaders within a person’s system. One is a part focused on spiritual and eternal things, while the other is a part focused on material wealth and security.

 

Protector vs. Self:

 

When a person tries to serve both, it’s because “Mammon/MONEY” is acting as a “Protector” part, attempting to provide a sense of safety and worth. This creates an internal conflict with the “Self,” which is the core of the person’s being that should be in charge.

 

Divided allegiance:

The scripture highlights that a divided heart is unsustainable. A person cannot maintain equal loyalty to two opposing “masters” because the “Protectors” demand different actions and have conflicting goals. One will be loved while the other is despised, leading to internal “hatred” or resentment.

 

The choice:

The choice is not between being rich and being poor, but between which part has ultimate authority. Serving God is the way to achieve ultimate security, as it allows the “Self” to be in charge, while serving “Mammon” means the “Protector” takes over and exerts control over the person’s life.

 

Exile and unburdening:

Choosing “God” over “Mammon” is a path of “unburdening” the “Mammon” part, as the person’s security and worth are not dependent on material possessions. This allows the “Self” to lead and the “Mammon” part to be seen as a tool rather than the master.

 

Social systems are highly vulnerable to psychological dynamics.



Psychological Projections and “In-Groups”

The phenomenon of a group projecting its own history or guilt onto an “out-group” is a well-documented concept in social psychology known as scapegoating.

* When a society or group faces a deeply uncomfortable truth about its history, it often experiences intense cognitive dissonance.

* To alleviate this psychological discomfort, individuals or groups may seek out a historically marginalized target—an “out-group”—to carry the unconscious heavy burden of blame. 
 See DARVO

* This deflects accountability and allows the dominant “IN-group” to maintain a positive self-image (false ego pride).   
See DARVO

The Crucifixion as a Archetypal Narrative:  See DARVO

The narrative of Jesus aligns with what historians and sociologists call an archetypal human behavior pattern.

* Across different eras, human crowds frequently display a mob mentality when confronted with truth, discomfort, or societal stress.

* Rather than engaging in collective self-reflection, historical groups have repeatedly unified themselves by targeting, condemning, and punishing a single entity or minority group.
(See: scapegoating and DARVO )

* This DARVO pattern of fear based human behavior has remained remarkably consistent across thousands of years of human history.


Major fact-checking and societal hurdles: [1]


* The Trust Deficit: Research shows that individuals who are deeply entrenched in conspiracy theories or extremist echo chambers rarely change their minds when presented with an automated “false” label. Instead, they often claim the fact-checker itself is part of a biased cover-up.

* Historically, human cultures have used scapegoating during times of economic or social crisis.

[1] [ https://today.duke.edu/2021/03/don%E2%80%99t-online-outrage-look-inward  )

 

Cognitive biases are systematic, subconscious errors in thinking and decision-making caused by mental shortcuts (heuristics) or personal preferences. Recognizing these twelve common biases can significantly improve your reasoning, investments, and daily judgment.


The 12 Common Cognitive Biases


Confirmation Bias: The tendency to search for, interpret, and favor information that confirms your preexisting beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.


Anchoring Bias: The reliance too heavily on the first piece of information encountered (the “anchor”) when making decisions, even if it is irrelevant.


Availability Heuristic: Estimating the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind, leading to an overestimation of dramatic or recent events.

 

Dunning-Kruger Effect: A phenomenon where people with limited knowledge or competence in a domain greatly overestimate their own expertise or intelligence.


Sunk Cost Fallacy: The continuation of a flawed endeavor because of unrecoverable resources (time, money, or effort) already invested.


Halo Effect: The tendency to let your overall impression of a person or brand influence how you feel about their specific character or traits (e.g., assuming an attractive person is also highly intelligent).


Bandwagon Effect: The adoption of certain beliefs or behaviors primarily because many other people are doing so; also known as groupthink.


Hindsight Bias: The inclination to see past events as having been entirely predictable, often summarized as the “I knew it all along” phenomenon.


Self-Serving Bias: The habit of claiming credit for personal successes while attributing failures or mistakes to external circumstances or bad luck.


Survivorship Bias: The logical error of focusing only on successful outcomes and ignoring failures, leading to a distorted perception of reality (e.g., studying only successful startups to learn how to run a business).


Ostrich Effect: The subconscious decision to ignore dangerous, negative, or painful information, equivalent to “burying your head in the sand”.


Blind Spot Bias: The tendency to see oneself as less biased and more objective than other people

 

 

Imagine dominating colonizers governing Earth!

 

…:: “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. 
I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. 
That’s what’s insane about it. ~John Lennon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLaLvALHmEU

..::” It is no measure of health… to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick (egoic) society.”
~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

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