What begins in the mind as the separation of its various functions, and leads to the isolation of each from the other, is eventually expressed in the world of relationships—from family to friendships to communities to nations—leaving them fractured and impotent to regain any sense of relational integrity. This is shame at its worst. No one needs to believe in God to know that this is the way it works. We have all been there and know this experience of disintegration to be true. The question, of course, is what to do when this storm front blows into our living room.
