tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451688043551599035.post2794819655881909674..comments2013-11-27T01:48:57.089-08:00Comments on Creative Codependence: Hiding Behind the Socially AcceptableJo-Ann Svenssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03259745143188204566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451688043551599035.post-22695255586313317262011-02-03T14:33:52.546-08:002011-02-03T14:33:52.546-08:00I feel like standing on a table and shouting “hear...I feel like standing on a table and shouting “hear, hear”; “bravo.” You are right on, Kristen. And I am glad you brought up the “spiritual” circles. The philosophy of attracting “bad things” is on par with praying to the wrong god or not offering the right sacrifice. Zeus would have loved it. Thanks, as always, K, your comments are great.Jo-Annhttp://www.jo-annsvensson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451688043551599035.post-44216193078533438192011-02-03T06:40:23.537-08:002011-02-03T06:40:23.537-08:00I completely agree with you. It's especially i...I completely agree with you. It's especially insidious when companies use those "ideals" to avoid actually making any needed changes or behaving ethically. Unfortunately, I also see this used a lot in "spiritual" circles; that we can be very willing to blame others for their circumstances by comforting ourselves with the thought they "attracted" bad things into their lives through their own emotional imbalance, instead of looking at the cultural, societal, and other external forces that affected that circumstance, and working to right injustice. I know this sounds heretical in this society, but personal responsibility is not, and can not be, the panacea for every social and economic injustice that affects us. We are individuals, but we're also part of many larger systems, ecologies, and circumstances that work in tandem, and we simply don't have total control over everything that happens to us. It's healthy to look at our own role in things, but not okay to have the concept of "personal responsibility" used to avoid collective responsibility for social justice.Kristen McHenryhttp://thegoodtypist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com