The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife by James Hollis

Author:James Hollis [Hollis, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Psychology, Movements, Jungian, test
ISBN: 9780919123601
Google: mbnlYcGDrRsC
Publisher: Inner City Books
Published: 1993-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

There are several aspects of the parent complex one must work through at midlife. At the most visceral level, the experience of the parent was a primal message about life itself, how supportive or hurtful it was, and how warm or cold our welcome. How well, or poorly, did a parental figure mediate the child's natural anxiety? Therein lies the formation of the core angst which underlies all our attitudes and behaviors.

Secondly, the parent-child experience constituted the primary encounter with power and with authority. The imperative to find one's own authority is essential in midlife; otherwise the second half remains dominated by the vagaries of childhood. By what authority, that is, normative set of values, do we live? Who says so? Most adults spend a lot of time "checking in." Thus, one must try to catch, render conscious, all the conversations which go on within. How many times does one consult or ask permission from the invisible presences in the head? The inner dialogue is more ingrained, more insidious, than one might ever imagine. Who is the "me" who is "checking in?'' Who are "they?" Chances are those inner authorities are mother or father or their surrogates.

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