Friday, October 5, 2012

"The Body Never Lies"

Today I am reading "The Body Never Lies" by Alice Miller.  Toward the end of the introduction she makes an interesting statement:  “They preach forgiveness as a path to recovery and appear not to know that this path is a trap by which they themselves are caught."   This sentence intrigues me. 

The book I just finished was on forgiveness and I have had disagreements with some of the philosophy.  I have wondered about the abused child.  Certainly, a child has no power over their abuser.  Miller addresses that condition.  Well, I am only on page 25 so there is more to glean but, the first time in all my reading that I have come across an author with bravery to speak to this concern.

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