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and from any subsequent treatments deemed appropriate

by the well meaning health practitioner, but they are

often uninitiated though medically qualified, or by

equally uninitiated “alternative health” practitioners,

also equally qualified but through their official bodies,

for their fears and unawareness. Hence, the use of the

word ‘victim’ for the target of this, now collective,

negativity. The ego is the target as it is its own

negativity that draws the need for this particular illness

and often raises the question by the diagnosis of “why
me”. There is a saying, “Everyone eventually reaches the

level of their own incompetence”, and in this case of
course refers to the ego’s own limitations. Because of the

ego thinking that this world it occupies infers particular

rights upon its existence, and this life is there to serve it,

it is a huge revelation to the ego to realise that this is

possibly not the case. The ego cannot accept this and

then begins the process of denial, excuses, blame and

reaction. A word, obvious by it omission is