Breaking Out of Prisons of Childhood:
Coming into Oneness Consciousness
Dr. Michael Obsatz – August 2024
Many of us grew up in a variety of prisons. Rigid dogmas, cultural norms, circumstances — these all imprison children. Being locked in a “prison” means limited access to wholeness, and powerful shame, control, and addictions.
Here are a variety of prisons that lock children up.
- The prison of religious dogma, especially one that promotes the notion of a fear-based, judgmental, and punishing God.
- The prison of circumstances — being poor, a minority — such as gay, Jewish, Black, Latino, etc.
- The prison of abuse, neglect, and shaming parents.
- The prison of cultural norms — what is masculinity, what is femininity, gender roles.
- The prison of peer pressure, social media comments, constant judgment and external validation.
- The prison of self-hatred, isolation, and fear. Being bullied, degraded, shamed by others.
- The prison of the pressure to conform to societal standards of behavior and beliefs.
- The prison of powerlessness as a child, being undervalued and demeaned.
- The prison of a narcissistic culture — haves and have-nots.
- The prison of being non-athletic, uncoordinated.
- The prison of needing external validation.
- The prison of Empire Consciousness — seeing the world through hierarchy, power, conquest, control, and shame.
Breaking out of these prisons takes awareness, motivation, and discernment, as well as a willingness to risk being ostracized and resented.
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© 2024, Dr. Michael Obsatz, all rights reserved, www.mentorsmatter.us and www.lifesjourney.us
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