"Religion is for Those Who Don't Want to Go to Hell --- Spirituality is for Those Who Have Been There"

For some Neuro-Diverse people the way we were going to manage that RAMPED UP STRESS RESPONSE was --- we were going to be PERFECT and the people around us we're going to be PERFECT.

Not only were we not PERFECT BUT a lot of the things we were were doing were BURNING OURSELVES and THOSE AROUND US OUT.

Also ---- WE'RE UNCONSCIOUSLY BREAKING OURSELVES and OTHERS down with PARTIAL ONE-SIDED VIEWS of our own and others' STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES.

In fairness, it takes ENERGY to deal with this much more complicated reality of ourselves and others --- especially, when we don't generally have all the information we need to SMOOTHLY navigate all this.

We're born into the MIDDLE of A STORY ---

• We try to figure it out as fast as we can ---
• AND we don't see the end.

 I was listening to the interview of a woman who was a member of the Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston and she said ----"If I bet on love ---I may suffer but I'm not going to lose."

Bringing Religion in from the Cold

Brene Brown:  The Power of Vulnerability

Relationships are "PERSONAL" --- BUT Many of the Drivers are "IMPERSONAL"

• Especially in the world today --- looking at Neuro-Developmental Differences, Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Issues ----
  • That's not just affecting a HANDFUL OF PEOPLE  --- It's affecting MILLIONS and probably over a BILLION PEOPLE.
    • In the US --- low grade inflammation is the NORM

 

• In some ways --- IF WE CAN SURVIVE IT --- Neuro-Developmental Differences may be the ANTIDOTE to the ME GENERATION
  • Just as Climate Change is FORCING A RECKONING on the ENVIRONMENTAL LEVEL.

 

• With Genetics, Epigenetics, Developmental Inflammation and Inflammation Acquired During the Lifetime ----
  • That is pushing PRECISION MEDICINE.

 

• It's also pushing an understanding of HISTORY, of Issues that stand out like GENERATIONAL TRAUMA, but also AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE and perhaps uncovering long-term biological challenges in the move away from AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES --
  • that weren't perfect either.