“We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.” PeopleMayLongFeelingsEnvironmentRageManipulateAttemptingOur EnvironmentExaggeratedSuppressionPowerlessness Book:The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition Source: The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition
“Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which, under our predatory régime, with its adapted standard of propriety, it is not considered manly to show; but which, contrariwise, are considered admirable in women. Hence repressed manifestations in the one case, and exaggerated manifestations in the other; leading to mistaken estimates.” MenShowsFeelingsSocialCasesStandardsMen And WomenManifestationConventionsMistakenAdmirableAdaptedExaggeratedManlyProprietyRepressedPredatory Book:The Study of Sociology Source: The Study of Sociology