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   %ABANDON EXCOMMUNICATE DISFELLOWSHIP ALIEN CHILD 910401

     The immature parent  may abandon  a  child because of
dilemma with addictions, codependence or collusions.

     The   child    may    fear    abandonment,     abuse,
alienation, excommunication,    dis-fellowship   or  other
forms   of exclusion from community.

     Abusive   religious  leaders   may  use  such   adult
children's   fears  of  excommunication,    disfellowship,
abandonment and alienation  as  tools in the  manipulation
of  codependent believers.

     God  may  be  portrayed  as  the  ultimately  abusive
religious  leader   who   stands   ready  to  punish   the
imperfect  adult child for mistakes made and imperfections
not transcended.

     These are  all  manifestations of human imperfections
and are often  associated   with   attempts   to   achieve
perfection  perceived  as essential to  acceptability  and
salvation.

     God  as the ground of being is always present to each
and  every   child  who seeks Her presence as  the   power
which enables rebirth.

     God  as the  ground  of  being  does  not abandon Her
children and  offers  rebirth  to  the children  who   get
lost  in dishonest ways and byways.

     God   grants   Her   conceptions  the  power  to   be
themselves honestly,    to  make  mistakes  and to   learn
from    their  mistakes  while  honestly  in  Her   divine
presence.

     God   does   not   punish   Her  conceptions  through
abandonment,   dis-fellowship,      excommunication     or
rejection   from community.

     God  is  always  present  to  Her  conceptions.   God
is  omnipresent   and  no  religious leaders can   prevent
that  presence.   See the book "One Child"   by  Torey  L.
Hayden.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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