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When that parent was under the influence of that emotional state, what was happening in their relationship with their spouse or other people?
If you can’t remember it, use your imagination. How would you imagine they would relate to each other or to others while in that state of consciousness?
Feel compassion for all three of you, starting with your parents and then you. Realize that they were giving you what you needed at the time, but perhaps no longer need.
In Simran’s case, she needed to have compassion for the cold, hard treatment she was given by the event hostess. This doesn’t mean that the treatment was right, only that hanging onto it would keep Simran in her self-inflicted (helped by a heartless woman) cage.
Here, you are not condoning behavior, just that there was pain being experienced. See your parents and yourself at that point as a kitten with an injured paw.
Feel appreciation for your parents for giving you this emotional pattern. Everything exists for a purpose and your purpose was to have them give you this emotional pattern so you could learn and grow.
The following is a release of the emotional blocks and judgements I had about the 2016 presidential election.
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