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Hi everyone,
I have a question for you all. What the experience like for you all when you told about your abuse for the first time or at different times? I know for me, it was SO, SO, SO hard the first time. It was like pulling teeth. It was also very, very painful. I told for the first time when I was 20. Now, I still have some trouble discussing it, but it's not as hard as it used to be. I recognize now that telling is a huge release for me, even telling now that I've told before. So, I guess it would be interesting to see:
1)How old were you when you first told?
2)Who did you tell?
3)What were your feelings/experiences?
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"Just as a jewel that has been buried in the earth for a million years is not discolored or harmed, in the same way this noble heart is not affected by all of our kicking and screaming. The jewel can be brought out into the light at any time, and it will glow as brilliantly as if nothing had ever happened. No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhichitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole."
Pema Chodron
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