| Ayurveda teaches us about the profound concept of | | | | complete control, cutting us off from our true |
| integrity and compassion to ourselves, our family, the | | | | emotions, which know what is happening. Closed |
| world and the universe. One of the greatest | | | | from our hearts we will betray. Later when our ego |
| destroyers of integrity the the way in which we | | | | has lost its grip, often when we are tired or |
| refuse to look at ourselves at the deepest level - | | | | someone is kind or generous to us, or we see |
| when we know that what we are doing is wrong. | | | | something beautiful, hear something that moves us, |
| The pain of betrayal hurts us profoundly and although | | | | its is then that our heart opens slightly and we get a |
| being betrayed by another is painful it is the betrayal | | | | glimpse of our act of betrayal. |
| to ourselves, which causes us the greatest harm. | | | | Often as quickly as we see it and feel it, we also |
| The pain of betrayal not only damages us physically | | | | close it up again. Our feelings of betrayal in this |
| causing all types of disease on the body, much more | | | | instance is likely to be guilt and it becomes trapped |
| than physical symptoms it causes us to feel some of | | | | inside us, quickly feelings are powerful, we all know |
| the most painful emotions possible often ones that | | | | this, this is the very reason we chose not to |
| are too painful for us to recognise. But feel them we | | | | experience and feel them. We know they are |
| do. When we betray ourselves it begins a cycle of | | | | powerful, we know they hurt us and ironically it |
| continuing damage that accumulates over years. | | | | seems, we chose not to open ourselves, express our |
| Although betraying ourselves becomes easier as time | | | | guilt, own up to betrayal, even to ourselves, it is then |
| goes on like any dishonesty does the damage to | | | | that we damage our bodies and our minds truly |
| ourselves only increases. | | | | destructive act of self betrayal. Rather then face |
| There are large acts of betrayal which are often | | | | these feelings of guilt, we will try to dilute them by |
| multiplied because not only do we betray ourselves | | | | giving ourselves reasons for our betrayal. Often |
| but are also betraying others. Being unfaithful in a | | | | these reasons come from outside ourselves, 'he |
| relationship is one of the most common and blind | | | | didn't care about me', 'she never loved me', 'he's |
| acts of betrayal. It is usual for people who are | | | | boring', 'she got fat' and when these reasons have |
| unfaithful to say that they didn't feel any sense of | | | | been fully explored in our minds we can relax for a |
| remorse at the time of the betrayal and it isn't until | | | | while as our guilt subsides. What we forget is that |
| much later that the feelings arise. This is because our | | | | this is a double act of betrayal not only to the other |
| damaging ego at the time of the unfaithful act works | | | | partner but also to ourselves. Betrayal to ourselves |
| incredibly hard to close our feelings down, our true | | | | being the greater of the two. Regardless of all the |
| feelings from our hearts, and it encourages us to feel | | | | varied reason we chose to tell ourselves why we did |
| from our bodies and minds. Our hearts are | | | | it, the way we feel about ourselves is a direct link as |
| completely closed when we are in any type of | | | | to how we betray ourselves. |
| betrayal large or small. | | | | Betrayal is a measure of a closed heart, because |
| If our hearts were open to any degree we would be | | | | betrayal is cold, hard and unforgiving as is a closed |
| unable to betray ourselves and others. In these large | | | | heart. |
| acts of betrayal it is essential for the ego to take | | | | |