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“OUR PARENTS DO NOT BETRAY US”
JULY 23, 1974

Our parents do not betray us

Our parents do not betray us

[...] He denied it; but when they decided that another innocent man was the culprit, a man whom he knew to be innocent, then to save his own life he let them think the innocent man was the betrayer.

[...] He was then, even then, conscientious, and therefore fourfold bothered more than most by his own betrayal. [...]

The realization that he has more than made up for the initial betrayal should result, if he takes the information to heart, in a lessening of symptoms that should result, again, in their disappearance.

And there can be no self-betrayal.

[...] Nor any betrayal of others.”)

But the idea of self-betrayal can lead to distortions.

[...] It is only when you fear you do not have this vitality that it betrays you, and then it does not betray you, but you betray it. [...]

[...] Is this what you mean by betraying my own ability to do it again?”)

(To Valerie.) There is, in the main, only one kind of betrayal. Your feelings will never betray you. Your instinctive self will never betray you. Only you can betray your feelings by being distrustful of them. [...]

[...] Your natural way of dealing with the world is also one of trust (to me), but you also feel that the world might betray such trust. True trust, however, is your greatest protection, and you cannot be betrayed, for you will not attract deceivers. It is far better to trust, for you open up Framework 2 so that benefits become available that might otherwise not be—and even if it seems that a trust is betrayed in an individual case, the overall picture will prove to be far different.

She would feel quite trapped if you tried to do so, and in a rage, for you would have betrayed her. [...]

[...] For your mother it would represent nevertheless a betrayal on your part, for she would immediately realize that she had failed in the bitterest of terms, and to her the most ignoble of terms. [...]

The betrayal to her would be bitter. [...]

[...] And Jane felt that her body could betray her by getting pregnant. [...] It’s true that I had no urge for parenthood, but I didn’t think of betrayal, or bargains. [...]

[...] His secrecy also is a direct result of these past existences, for once he spoke too much and betrayed too much, so now he remains secretive about matters that he considers important. [...] They knew that the girl had been terrified and spoke only out of fear and did not mean to betray them. [...] And the betrayal, while a betrayal, was understandable, and that he spoke out of fear and did not intend to betray. [...]

[...] There was a situation involving the three of them and he abandoned them in a way that he interpreted as a betrayal. [...]

[...] She felt then that she had abandoned them and betrayed them. [...]

[...] Then, discovering that he was, after all, fallible, I felt betrayed; and worse I felt for some periods that he rejected me. [...]

He feels he has betrayed himself, and he projects that betrayal outward until betrayal is all that he sees in the socio-political world. [...]

[...] They will not betray you, only betray you with truth and that is an honor indeed. [...]

[...] He felt deeply betrayed particularly by Father Doran, and resolved never to betray others in such a way.

(To Carl:) Now this was a poor-enough bargain for her to make, but for you to add to it in her mind, to demand that she prove this womanhood daily with the dishes or the housework or whatever, was too much for her to bear, and she felt doubly betrayed by you and by herself.

The affair with the women represented a deeper betrayal to your wife, since it meant that of all things you not only did not accept her brain, but now her body also. [...]

[...] They also kept him from what he considered spiritual betrayals: he would not be a television personality, using his great powers of persuasion, until he knew what he was persuading people to do. [...]

[...] Unfortunately such concepts are also reflected in fields of psychology, particularly in Freudianism — where, say, slips of the tongue may betray the self’s hidden, nefarious true desires.

[...] Your emotions do not betray you. [...]

[...] It will never betray you and it will always bring you confidence and strength even in the midst of tumult. [...]

“There can be no self-betrayal,” said Seth.

“Right, nor any betrayal of others.”

“But the idea of self-betrayal can lead to distortions.”

[...] To have money is therefore a betrayal of your father.

Since your mother pushed your father to make money, then to make money yourself seems an added betrayal toward your father, and seems to ally you with your mother, of whose emotionalism you were always frightened. [...]