2. Would you Agree That Our Society… thrives on crisis? has some things that feel very wrong, no compelling reason to fix? is obsessed with perfectionism? must be in control? demands that we be totally rational human beings? believes in all-or-nothing, winner take all? 6/18/2011 2
4. Pressures Other People Free Will Culture A Person Pressures Religion / Beliefs Economy 6/18/2011 4
5. The Heart of the Process Levels of Superiority Myths about the positive characteristics of the dominant System of Separation Reasons why Separation is OK Myths about the negative characteristics of the dominated Legitimizes It is OK to do bad things to “bad people” since they are not fully human 6/18/2011 5
6. Legitimizes It is OK to do bad things to “bad people” since they are not fully human 6/18/2011 6 The Heart of the Process
7. How the Process Effects a Person Free Will Other People Culture A Person The Process Pressures Religion / Beliefs Economy 6/18/2011 7
18. The Rich culture is elevated Wealth Provides awesome resources Legitimizes their actions Rich Creates Provides resources System ofSeparation Creates One-sided Laws Privileges Supports Supports Removes power & resources Allows Supports Dehumanizes Begins to believe myths Poor Cheap Labor Few Opportunities Feeds Removes hope, health & resources Poverty The Poor begin to value only the culture of the Rich 6/18/2011 18
20. Wealth/ Property Provides awesome resources The Male culture & history is elevated Legitimizes their actions Men Creates Provides resources System ofSeparation Creates One-sided Laws Privileges Supports Supports Removes power & resources Allows Supports Dehumanizes Begins to believe myths Women Cheap Labor Few Opportunities Feeds Removes hope, health & resources Poverty The Female Devalues their culture & history 6/18/2011 20
28. 6/18/2011 28 The Four Myths of Addictive System This system is the only thing that exists. This system is innately superior. This system knows and understands everything. It is possible to be totally logical, rational, and objective.
29. 6/18/2011 29 It is possible to be God as defined by the system.
30. Addict Behavior Themes thrives on crisis has a feeling that something is very wrong is obsessed with perfectionism must control self-centeredness arrogance believes in all-or-nothing, winner take all 6/18/2011 30
33. 6/18/2011 33 “The worst thing about being codependent is that the codependent wastes her/his life. The next worst thing about being codependent is we pass it on to our children, and in them, our symptoms are hugely magnified.” Author Unknown http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/mental_health/codependency.htm
Dual prisons. The privileged have a nicer prison but it’s a prison none-the-less.
“The society we live in needs addictions, its very essence fosters addictions. It fosters addictions because the best-adjusted person in the society is the person who is not dead and not alive, just numb, a zombie.If you are dead, you can’t work. When you are truly alive, you are constantly saying no to the many processes of society: the racism… Thus it is in the interest of the society to promote behaviors and things that take the edge off” pg 59
This is the fifth of the four myths - that is, it's the overriding myth that includes them all. It's the idea of being always right, of being in control of and responsible for everything, of having or being able to have total power.