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In Reply to: acceptance doesn't always mean you're happy with it posted by MV on May 22, 2003 at 09:56:51:
A conversation on these issues can get tangled up very quick if we don't separate it into smaller parts. For example, we are staring to talk about several things: accepting our cultic past, being comfortable with it and being or not ashamed of it, ability/desire of separating the good memories from the bad memories, etc. These are related but, as you point out, they are not the same.
Something else is that people are different and one must consider, the personal attitudes, likes and preferences. To complicate matters, some are more willing/interested to make their life public. Look at all the Bergs, for they are a public bunch. One daughter wrote a book to deliver her soul while another still defends her father. The wife and one of her associates still cling to their past as something glorious totally skipping their part in it. They even tried to restore the Ark with the help of some exmembers.
It is a complicated mix to try to analize all of these things. Also, it is an intimate decision to recognize and make it public.
