The Imprint of Meaning

The father's critical love is a means of breaking down the baby boy ego challenging him through austerities, fasting. For example, my brother was heavily involved in Native American spirituality when we were younger and his ritual initiators took him up to the top of a mountain. Took him to the edge of a cliff. Sat him down on a rock. He drew a circle around it and said don't move for three days. They called it a vision quest. Austerity, being austere. It's a challenge. Not just for the sake of challenge but for the breakdown of the baby boys ego. The destruction of a version of yourself that's no longer useful. When I turned

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