Seeing My Jewish Survival Pattern
I attended the recent Jews and “Mental Health” Liberation Workshop. [See previous four articles.] My highlight was realising that my feeling of knowing a better way of doing things, of wanting to interfere and correct the way someone is doing something, is a panicky Jewish pattern. The feeling is, “You don’t do it like that. You do it like this!” It is as though my/our survival depends on it.
Just being aware of this has helped me feel more relaxed. It’s not the end of the world if someone lights the fire or does the washing in a different way. My survival doesn’t depend on it!
England
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders of Jews
(Present Time 208, July 2022)
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