a central belief in the ego’s thought system: someone must lose if another is to gain; the principle of giving up in order to receive (giving to get); e.g., in order to receive God’s Love we must pay a price, usually in the form of suffering to expiate our guilt (sin); in order to receive another’s love, we must pay for it through the special love bargain; the reversal of the principle of salvation or
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" href="https://facim.org/glossary/justice/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">justice: no one loses and everyone gains.