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Originally Posted by craig1120
The younger brother in the Parable of the Prodigal Son is the Rebel. He teams up with the Strong Man against the older brother. The Strong Man needs both brothers united with him in order to move forward in the story. The hatred between the two brothers divides the house and stalls the story.
The Son of Man sees the situation and intervenes in order to unite the older brother with his younger brother and move the story forward. This is not easy because the older brother sees the younger brother as someone who has aligned himself with sinners and who has become lost and dead. The Son of Man must gradually build trust with the older brother and lead him.
Self hatred in the human individual originates from the hatred between the two brothers. Shame in the human individual originates from the enemy shaming the older brother in order to keep him from uniting with his younger brother and moving the story forward.
Trying to resolve self hatred and shame within the human individual outside of the Story of the Soul is futile since the root cause, the origin story, is not being addressed directly. Because the Story of the Soul is hidden, secular therapy can only haphazardly poke around in biography and offer bandaids.
Secular therapy or counsel is only as effective in relation to how much it imitates the Story of the Soul. At its best, the therapist or counselor is a light version of the Strong Man, the Son of Man, and the Advocate. The patient is the older brother.
Last edited by craig1120; 10-11-2022 at 03:46 AM.