Scapegoating - The "Blame Culture" Who Refuses Deal With Their Shadow

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Avril_Meyler]Avril Meyler
Our culture is fond of finding scapegoats. This is evident whenever there is a crisis in society. The most recent riots and looting in London and other major cities in the UK have highlighted this. The crowds blame and bay for blood, revenge and punishments. One of the scapegoats at this time is single parents. Until someone is brave enough to step forward and say "wait a minute."
If there are significant groups within society who feel alienated, who have lost respect and any moral compass then clearly the situation needs to be addressed from a multidimensional perspective.
In the past few years we have had examples of dishonest and amoral behaviour from the Banking Industry, Politicians, Police and some major Newspapers. Add to this a consumerist celebrity driven culture and the breakdown of families then we have a recipe for trouble.
Everyone has a shadow side to deal with. Those who have done major psychological studies will have encountered the term "shadow." Our shadow side contains both personal and collective denial. Everything we do not wish to look at that causes confusion, pain or anger gets held in an interior rubbish bin. An incident or event may then trigger emotional movement; this in turn disturbs the rubbish, the contents of which are so ugly, messy and smelly that we dare not look at it much less sort it. So we bury it deeper and point the finger of blame at another for triggering us to get a glimpse of our darkness. Thus we create a scapegoat.
The misunderstanding of the shadow side of humanity creates wars, concentration camps, child abuse, paedophilia and a host of other conditions. It is delicate, and in the wrong hands dangerous work. You disturb the shadow at your peril. This is why a good qualified psychotherapist who is aware and deals with their own shadow side is a blessing. It is work that will not be undertaken by many because it demands such commitment and psychological pain. Were it different then we may have created a healthier world than the current spectre of wars, conflict and famine.
We have a responsibility both to ourselves, our families and our society to heal and become the best we can be. The alternative could be Armageddon. Creating an intelligent evolving Universe requires addressing in full awareness the personal and collective shadow which, when understood, works with and for us instead of against us.
""The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, and prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all it's own for the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is, is that these things can not be confined to the Twilight Zone." Rod Serling
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