Shame’s power lies in its subtlety and silence, embedded in mental functions of implicit memory that we carry individually and corporately, and is quite content to remain in the shadows while we go on to do its dirty work. It extends and nourishes itself, devouring us in the process, as our individual shame mushrooms into its various corporate expressions. We remain in its self-perpetuating cycle of judgment and hiding, continuing to fulfill the prophecy of the curses that God has foreseen.
