Being Made Whole

Being Made Whole

Sometimes through extreme emotional trauma, one's personality or soul becomes f-r-a-g-m-e-n-t-e-d. There remains a core personality, but the fragmented parts are called alters. There is often internal dialogue between the core personality and alters and among alters. Alters may take on different roles. Below is listed a few typical examples, though the list may be much larger.

a small child	a parent	a protector	a sexual opposite
the quiet one	the rude one	a perfectionist	a slob
a teenager	a nobody	a teacher	an artist
a shopaholic	a sexual activist	a lonely individual	the expert

Alters usually have some similarity to the core individual, but often take on other characteristics as well. Some of these characteristics are not good, but some are good character traits. For example, a protector may have the characteristics of being overly protective and agressive, but also on guard, being strong, and being faithful.

What happens when an alter is merged with the core personality? A good illustration of this is illustrated with buckets of different colors of paint.

CORE

ALTER

WHOLENESS

Core Personality
is represented
as
White Paint

The individual may
show only the
slightest emotion.

WHITE PAINT

+
If you add the
RED

Negative
characteristics
such as rebellion
should be rejected.

A Teenager
represented by
Red Paint
is quite emotional.
.

Red Paint

The end result
is
Pink Paint

The result is that the individual is more BALANCED.

BALANCED

How can one be made whole again?

1. It is important to ask God to reveal the truth. Please see "Prayer For Discovery". It is sometimes difficult for the individual to discern the difference between the core personality and an alter or even evil spirits who may pose as an alter. Since Holy Spirit is to guide us into all truth, we should pray that the Holy Spirit will guide us into the truth. Please also see: "Alters & Evil Spirits" to see some distinguishing characteristics.

2. Since evil spirits may attach themselves to an alter, one should prayerfully look to see if a door has been opened for the evil spirit to have legal right to be there or if he is simply an intruder. Please see: "The Open Door" and "The Enemy's Methods Of Entry". One can shut the door and take away the legal right for the evil spirit to be there, by confessing and asking for forgiveness. Please see: "Deliverance Prayer Guide". Once the legal right is removed, then one can bind and cast out the evil spirit (James 4:7). One can then move toward receiving healing and wholeness.

3. It is important that the core individual looks at the positive character traits of the alter and reaches out to reach out to receive, accept, and love the alter into the whole. Again, quite often the alter will in some way compliment the whole.

4. It is also important to remember that God is the one who puts the pieces back together again and makes the individual whole. Please see: "Putting The Pieces Together".

5. One should not forget that after he becomes whole, he STILL can make a choice to again become fragmented. However, if he will choose to rely upon God rather than an alter, he can remain WHOLE.