Many good things are happening in our world, and one of those is the recognition that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder happens to people other than those in active combat zones. Many of our addictions may be a direct reaction to abuses in our younger life. I’ve been pondering an article about the Ukrainian people who have basically been locked in battle with Russia since the 17th century. Martin Kuz is a reporter who is devoted to telling the plight of these people, and I quote him here: “This trauma is like a terrible national heirloom. But it also explains the strength of the Ukrainians. They’re bound by this idea of collective memory.” He has spoken with psychologists who advise residents who have endured loss to establish new routines which can liberate them from some of the triggers of their sorrow. He refers to “post-traumatic growth” on the other side of this war. I think we can all benefit from his conclusion: “That doesn’t mean trauma magically dissipates; it means that you recognize that you can overcome things beyond what you ever imagined — and that will allow you to have that brighter future.”
“Glory be to God, and peace to the struggling hearts! Christ hath rolled away the stone from the door of human hope and faith, and through the revelation and demonstration of life in God, hath elevated them to possible at-one-ment with the spiritual idea of man and his divine Principle, Love.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 45:16-21
“The shadowy figures from the past are precisely what you must escape. They are not real, and have no hold over you unless you bring them with you. They carry the spots of pain in your mind, directing you to attack in the present in retaliation for a past that is no more. And this decision is one of future pain. Unless you learn that past pain is an illusion, you are choosing a future of illusions and losing the many opportunities you could find for release in the present.”
A Course in Miracles T-13.IV.6:1-5
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