Thursday, November 29, 2018

Story and Suffering In Relationships

Bert Hellinger once told a true story about a young man’s estranged relationship with his parents.

This young man thought he was not loved by his parents.  And this belief set and story had a big impact with their relationship.

So during the session, Bert Hellinger asked him why he felt so?  This young man replied, “ they wouldn’t give me food when I was hungry.”

His mom happened to be on the stage during the session, and she suddenly remember, it happened because he was sick and the doctor recommended that he shouldn’t have food for one day.

When the reality and story is revealed, every one is freed.

There are stories behind most of our sufferings in relationships.  Our suffering is not so much related to the reality but much more related to the stories we are telling ourselves.  When we believe in the stories we are telling ourselves, we will look for evidence to prove them and hence create our own sufferings.

What are the stories you are telling yourself?

By Suzanne Yang


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