http://the2012scenario.com/2012/07/being-clear-of-our-past/
Written by Steve Beckow
I suppose I should report on the aftermath of that volcanic eruption I had the other day, remembering all the stories of torture and rape I’d heard at the Refugee Board. (1)
The aftermath is quite unexpected and startling so it does make sense to record it.
Let me review first what occurred. A vasana erupted while I was standing at the bus stop. A vasana is an habitual reaction pattern triggered by an event in the present that resembles an earlier, similar traumatic event in the past.
I suddenly found myself sobbing after having sat for perhaps half a day in the remembrance of all the stories of torture and rape I had heard at the Board. I was remembering them because I was called upon to deliberate over a thorny issue of weight and that took me right back again to my days hearing refugee claims.