His wife was at age 42 also killed in an accident inside their house 30 years ago. She was fallen from staircase. He got 8 million dollars at that time from life insurance. Whether she was killed by him wasn't questioned.
In his garden I saw a statue of St Maria. Did he place it in memory of his love to his wife or a remorse he had by a crime over his wife.
Repent, the end is nigh is a phrase for those who committed some crime, for ordinary people repentance doesn't exist anywhere. St Maria might be his confession of his crime in his inner voice.
Some people have no repentance within them; they enjoyed the killing .. may even boast of it. Perhaps the statue was a boastful sign - I did this, but you will not get me to say I am sorry, I'll just laugh at you and laugh at the statue too.
ReplyDeleteI think it's more likely that he put the statue there in order to convince other people that he was a good Christian. Show-case religion. Or maybe it's a work of art and a good investment. Or both.
ReplyDeleteI kind of like the above laugh-theory too, though.
Actually, it is an example of anisocial behavior disorder: killing somebody for money (somebody, be it my own son, must die anyway, but why not to get rich because of his death?). The question is now: does the person with the antisocial behavior disorder can feel guilty? The answer is: no. This is the way they are antisocial (these disorders are classified as egosyntonic, the ego is not troubled, no regret, no repentance). But why did he put the St Mary in his garden? There can be many explanations for a statue standing in a garden. I guess his disorder subsided slowly and he felt a kind of guilt and a need to protect his ego (feeling more comfortably). So you've seen the statue of St Mary in his garden.
ReplyDeleteAnd the protection of our ego is an essencial property of our egos. As long as the ego exists there is a protection. Modern psychiatry classifies the ego-protective reactions to mature and immature. The first ones are: humorisation, altruism, suppression (consciously not thinking about what you've done) and sublimation. They all are "good" towards the other egos, to the rest of the world. Compare these to some of immature reactions: intellectualization, splitting (absolutely good/evil), projection (actually, it is my wife who betrayed me), displacement (beating my kid when angry with my wife)... To add: all these reactions are unconscious. So, whom you gonna blame;)
In Buddhist psychology there are several realms of illusion, and one fairly common level of awareness is the "animal realm". Those stuck in this rut just go for whatever they want, rather like a pig, intently and humorlessly eliminating any obsticles in their path. Fortunately living this way eventually brings its own hellish suffering, which drives the feverish soul on to various means of escape.
ReplyDeleteBut this statue was Maria with an infant Christ..Many statues, images or dolls are made in memory of the dead. The image of Cherubim probably shows a baby's sleeping face who was stillborn for some reason. Kokeshi dolls, that imitate the image of a girl's face, are used to eliminate a baby just before it appears from vagina. I want to think those images are an appearance of their hidden repentance.
ReplyDeleteThis is most likely. If so, he was a wicked person. And the second likely case is a work of art and a good investment. If so, he was just a cold-blooded person.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is: no. I guess his disorder subsided slowly and he felt a kind of guilt and a need to protect his egoactually, it is my wife who betrayed meBetrayed you how? I understand extramarital relationship is a key to keep our marriage, it's paradoxical though, please don't expect anything when she is out of your sight.beating my kid when angry with my wifeIt's absurd. Please don't beat your beloved kids.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your profound comment, but I seemed to understand it or not to..not sure.
ReplyDeleteYou are too soft-hearted :)
ReplyDeleteIn the South (of the US) - especially in Arkansas - and even throughout the other states, you will find, what I fondly call "Bathtub Madonnas" - a statue of Mary, sometimes with sometimes without Jesus, set inside a half-buried old bathtub.
In most cases it is not an expression of loving belief, rather a "show-and-tell" to prove how good a Christian the house owner is .. lol
"actually, it is my wife who betrayed me
ReplyDeleteBetrayed you how? I understand extramarital relationship is a key to keep our marriage, it's paradoxical though, please don't expect anything when she is out of your sight.
beating my kid when angry with my wife
It's absurd. Please don't beat your beloved kids."
-it's not about me, I dont have my family, it's how I was tought to diagnose the psychiatric disorders in my med school.