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Derailing The Abuse Train - Inside The Mind of a Domestic Abuser

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Since the dawn of man we have lived with domestic abuse. I can remember watching cartoons as a child of cave men with clubs “conking” their women on the head, then dragging them by the hair back to the cave. The women being dragged looked either a little frustrated with their arms folded, or happy with a smirk of a smile. As a child I was left with just my imagination to decide what happened next.

Throughout recorded history we have been at war, killing each other for food, land, power, and even sport. We have killed each other because of race or beliefs. To make matters worse, our history is almost always written by the victors, with a justifying twist such as “They are savages” or “They are an inferior race”. Today we call those we kill “terrorists”, and we will search in every nook and cranny of the globe to find them.

Yet also throughout recorded history there have been those that spoke of love and compassion for all.

The problem, as I see it, is that to justify harming another for any reason feeds the idea that there is certainly another justifiable reason, and another, and another.

And we have learned to accept other forms of abuse as “justified”. We have been taught that we will be
punished for wrongs we commit. It could be God, the authorities, or a family member that levies this punishment. And at the same time, some cultures, sometimes called primitive cultures, praise the wrong doer, sing their song, or recite to the entire group the value to the community that the “guilty” has brought throughout their life.

Some of us believe that showing compassion and love for a wrong-doer is just not going to work... that only punishment works. Well, if punishment works, where is the evidence? Is there less killing? Is there less abuse? Are our prisons becoming less over-crowded? I think not.

This book explores the idea that being more loving and compassionate has a better chance of healing our abusive nature. Based on my study and experience, it is our only chance!

We CAN Be More Love...

Language: English

Pages: 49

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: MindFood Productions (self-published)

Release: June 06, 2011

Derailing The Abuse Train - Inside The Mind of a Domestic Abuser

5/5 ( ratings)

Since the dawn of man we have lived with domestic abuse. I can remember watching cartoons as a child of cave men with clubs “conking” their women on the head, then dragging them by the hair back to the cave. The women being dragged looked either a little frustrated with their arms folded, or happy with a smirk of a smile. As a child I was left with just my imagination to decide what happened next.

Throughout recorded history we have been at war, killing each other for food, land, power, and even sport. We have killed each other because of race or beliefs. To make matters worse, our history is almost always written by the victors, with a justifying twist such as “They are savages” or “They are an inferior race”. Today we call those we kill “terrorists”, and we will search in every nook and cranny of the globe to find them.

Yet also throughout recorded history there have been those that spoke of love and compassion for all.

The problem, as I see it, is that to justify harming another for any reason feeds the idea that there is certainly another justifiable reason, and another, and another.

And we have learned to accept other forms of abuse as “justified”. We have been taught that we will be
punished for wrongs we commit. It could be God, the authorities, or a family member that levies this punishment. And at the same time, some cultures, sometimes called primitive cultures, praise the wrong doer, sing their song, or recite to the entire group the value to the community that the “guilty” has brought throughout their life.

Some of us believe that showing compassion and love for a wrong-doer is just not going to work... that only punishment works. Well, if punishment works, where is the evidence? Is there less killing? Is there less abuse? Are our prisons becoming less over-crowded? I think not.

This book explores the idea that being more loving and compassionate has a better chance of healing our abusive nature. Based on my study and experience, it is our only chance!

We CAN Be More Love...

Language: English

Pages: 49

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: MindFood Productions (self-published)

Release: June 06, 2011

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