Journaled Words {3.26.23}: “The strategy of arousing guilt is the mother’s oldest tool for gaining dominance over her children’s souls. Her warning and accusing finger or her threatening eyes give her a magic power over them and help to create deep-seated guilt feelings which may continue all through their adult lives.” —Joost Meerloo, The Rape of the Mind :: Isn’t it funny that he never stops to ask whether blackmail should be a part of loving one’s children? More fundamentally: shouldn’t we be asking why anyone would ever imagine that blackmail—any type of manipulation—is an acceptable way of treating a loved one?
Expression, Day 25
