The poster says: In every life….. for every love….. with every trust….. there is a risk of BETRAYAL. -Part of the poster for the movie called “Betrayal” based on a Harold Pinter play.
So often in life, we feel betrayed or wronged because we expected someone to behave in a certain way, and then they do something that hurts us. The many meanings of the word include -disloyalty, sell-out (informal), deception, treason, treachery, trickery, duplicity, double-cross (informal), double-dealing, breach of trust, perfidy, unfaithfulness, falseness, and inconstancy (from www.thefreedictionary.com).
The word means “be + traitor”. Generally, the traitor is someone close to you. The BIG question is always, “Why did the other person betray me?” The answer is, “It is all about power, and making themselves look good at the expense of others.” Some psychologists say that betrayal is about jealousy. I believe that it is about causing pain for the other person. Of course, the karma returns to hit the betrayer immediately. When others see that the betrayer has betrayed once, then other people are very careful not to get to close to the betrayer because they expect him/her to betray again.
For the one that is betrayed, the question becomes, “How do I learn to love/trust again? You do not need to learn – you already know how. What is required is to get past the fear, and realize that the issue of feeling betrayed is real? One must honour the feeling, and then, let it go! One does not need to hang on to the feeling.
Blessings,
Judy