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     In  authentic meeting people are aware of each  other
in   their  wholeness---with  respect  for  each   other's
integrity.  There is therein respect for each other's past
and  the  human tendencies to relive and recall  both  the
lessons and the emotional responses which were recorded in
the past. While  these  are considered and respected, they
are  considered  intelligently  from  an adult perspective
rather  than merely emotionally  in a childish manner   or
authoritatively  (but  thoughtlessly)  in  an  en-   loco-
parentis manner.   Authentic meetings may be characterized
by  such terms "I'm O.K.,  and You're O.K."  and "I-Thou".
Yet  such  ensymbolments can not  embody  the  reality  of
authentic  meeting.    The eternal  reality  of  authentic
meeting  can  be  known  only  within  authentic  meeting.
Without  a  mutual awareness  of the reality of  authentic
meeting  there can not be mutual understanding.   Abstract
words can not  substitute for non-verbal communication and
dialogue in authentic meeting.

     Through the reciprocal perceptions which characterize
authentic meeting  a  person's creative potentials are set
free.  Therein persons become free to accept  what  others
have to  offer---without  thereby acquiring an encumbering
load  of  debts  which  demand payment.    Therein persons
become free to accept  what others have to offer---without
first  achieving conformity to a set  of  standards  which
have  been  internalized  as  prerequisites  to  authentic
meeting and the reciprocal perceptions  and the giving and
receiving which occur therein.

     Creative scientists can be creative because  they  do
not  fear  the unknown.   Their security  originates  in a
preliminary mutual understanding of objective reality. Yet
they  may  fear  the unknowns of  intimate  relationships,
particularly the lack of full control which  characterizes
such relationships.   Thus, creative scientists may not be
free to be helpful educers.

     It is for this reason that many scientists know  much
more  than they can teach.   The  improvement  of  science
instruction  will  require  a  transformation,  if  not  a
reversal,  of this  state of affairs.   This will  require
asking new questions using  what  scientist  may see as  a
strange language used by real students.

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