WHAT’S WRONG…AT THE VERY CORE OF IT ALL?
AND HOW DO YOU FIX IT? I asked myself the question…is there a specific, even single impetus for the mass amount of dysfunctionality experienced by humankind? "Yes," came the reply from the digitized burning bush, "Just type in the following letters in this particular sequence (not case sensitive) and you'll have your answer." "Okay." "B-E-T-R-A-W-A-L" "Well, when you put it like that…" was my almost first response when the "AWAL" at the end of the word jumped out at me. Then the digitized burning bush continued, anticipating my next, inevitable question… "Here's how it works." "It is the accumulated experience of life not responding to you the ways you'd like or expect it to, and, depending on the severity or the quantities of the pain, you will tend to respond to these betrayals with one of or a combination of the following five reaction states: ANGER, CYNICISM, DENIAL, SELF-BETRAYAL, PARANOIA, as a...