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If we project God as “the father,” it
can archetypally keep us stuck in

the child. The child tends to always
project authority outside of it and often

outsources its power of choice and self-
responsibility. This could be the danger
of seeing God as any sort of external

“parent figure.”

In addition, many of us who grew up
in orthodox religion have a spiritual
equation set up in our mind. We believe

that if we do good things, we deserve a
spiritual reward. We also believe that

if we do bad things, we deserve some
karmic or existential punishment.

But what happens when we do
something “good” but do not receive

the reward we were looking for? We
feel victimized. What happens when
we receive an undesirable outcome

or circumstance but cannot identify
something “bad” that we did to deserve

it? We feel victimized. Our polarized
thinking and spiritual equation actually
set the stage for the victim archetype.

Anytime we have belief systems around

what God “wants, needs, or desires” from
us, we set ourselves up for self-sabotage.
If we believe that God wants us to do

for everybody else at the expense of
ourselves, we may sabotage our health.

If we believe that we are God’s chosen
people or believe one religion is better
than the other, we may sabotage others!

Anytime we personify God with having
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