they not be resentful? Violence is all they have ever known,
just as impatience is all your children will know from you
unless you awaken.
       We, the unloved, are all born under an ancient hypnotic
curse. The Bible tells us that the sins (failures) of the fathers
are projected to the third and fourth generations, but His
mercy is extended to those thousands who yearn for God
and keep His laws. The Creator’s law is love. His love is not
the kind you get by wanting it from people; neither is it the
supportive kind of love you give in order to get people to
love you in return. It is much more profound than that.
       The conflict you feel raging within you and within your
own family began with your reaction to some kind of trau-
matic parental tease or pressure. No matter how hard you
try to compensate for the harm your parents did by emo-
tionalizing you, you cannot help being the impatient, cruel
extension of their nature. Whether you are hurting from
being hated or from being corrupted through spoiling love,
you are under a compulsion to pass emotional and psy-
chological confusion on to succeeding generations.
       The world is mad—or haven’t you noticed?
       Everyone you meet on your journey through life is mad
in his or her own unique style. The formula for dealing with
every twisted personality quirk in people is the same as that
for dealing with your parents. If you can’t deal with your
parents properly, you become progressively unable to cope
with anyone or anything else. Sooner or later you feel the
full effect of the curse.You will fail, blame your parents and
hurt your own children. Perhaps you will knock them down
to build yourself up, or build their egos up to bolster your

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