Loy Young

A hero must learn to triumph over the villain who squeezes the life out of her victim under the pretext of loving attention that he gives her willingly all that he has. Obviously a hero does not learn how to do this all at once.

Dealing with Villains Posing as Victims

A beginning hero is often deceived by villains posing as victims. As villains never change, the hero feels like a failure as he is unable to save the supposed victim. Even worse, villains posing as victims often sue naive heroes who then withdraw, and stop their efforts to help others. They then of course become the losers of the Soul Game and regress back into the victim stage. Several of my clients spent their lives as well as their life savings trying to prove their innocence and competence. One high profile psychologist had been in the papers daily for alleged fraud and incompetence. Two years later with her life’s savings depleted, the lady was able to prove her innocence, but that notice never even made the front page. Her reputation remained stained, as most people only remembered the front-page scandal. The strain on her almost brought her to her knees. When she did triumph over the villain, she never even received a penny to compensate for her legal fees and lost income as her adversary had hid his money too well to be found. Still, the virtues this woman gained were worth the money and the time. Once her innocence was proven, she wanted to help others and became an expert witness for similar law cases, with villains posing as victims trying to fleece other professionals.

The clues

A villain’s story is always convincing, but his actions do not add up. Once she learns to feel the entrapment in those stories, telling friend from foe becomes a lot easier. The hero must not allow herself to become mesmerized by the words, but to pay close attention to the action. They will not be congruent with the words.

Dealing with Outright Villains

Quite often our senior hero grew up championing the underdog and triumphing over bullies as a child and teenager and just continued, taking up vocations that deal with outright villains such as the police, the armed forces, or the fire brigade.

These heroes are well trained and armed for their job. They employ good strength to overcome harmful strength.

However, before the hero wins the Soul Game, there are plenty of traps along the way.

Often the victims feel that the only way to support themselves financially is by continuing to play the victim role and even risk getting killed. Occasionally these people apply for the most dangerous jobs. Putting strong hero tools in their hands usually just leads to sabotage unless they can change their victim mentality. And some can!

Dealing with Villains Posing as Heroes

If a hero justifies his deeds with contempt and anger, he is still full of addictions and becomes an easy prey for other villains who can spot him from a mile away. They will entice him with money, fame, and sex, depending on his whim and fancy. Then down goes hero for the count. He may get up again, but until he expels his toxins of hate and anger, he will always be toppled again. That is the trap that goads heroes into misusing their power.