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                                      %REAL PERSONS 731115

     Real persons are here described as unique individuals
who  create  hope  and  meaning---and  in  joy solve  real
problems within the context  of  authentic meetings.  They
maintain their integrity without undermining the integrity
of  others.   They  contribute  to the  integrity  of  the
community  and  help it overcome  the  fragmenting  forces
within the  sociological  processes.  Real persons are not
automatons  which have been programed to a high  level  of
sophistication.  Real persons are known  within  authentic
meetings. They speak the primary word 'I-Thou' and are not
reduced to 'It'  by those who speak only the primary  word
'I-It'.

     In  a  technocratic  society  which  is  dominated by
techniques  it  is  not  common  to  meet  real  authentic
persons.    They  do not use techniques to get their  way.
They live their way,  and so offer an incarnation which is
alternative   to  those  who  have  become   sickened   by
techniques  without insight.   Real persons  suffer  under
bureaucratic   violence  but  do  not  counterattack  with
violent  techniques  to  avoid  such suffering.  They seek
other ways.

     Real  persons do not have a vision of utopia advanced
technology.   They do not place great hope in an  improved
GNP with its associated GNWaste.   Real persons are not in
a rush to pack more activities into their  past,   because
they  find  their  hope and meaning within dialogue in the
eternal now.

     Those  who  regard  themselves  as  intelligent   and
sophisticated are likely to regard real persons as simple,
like children.   Such naivete is regarded as inadequate to
the  demands of the  technocratic  society with its strong
emphasis  on  competition  and a high level  of  technical
competence.   Technocrats feel that to survive and lead  a
comfortable  life---one  must give up childlike  ways  and
become  realistic.    One must acquire  certain  essential
things.   One's  ultimate  concern  must be to  get  ahead
through the use of controlling techniques.

     Those who cease to live within the technocratic state
of  consciousness lose sight  of the contexts within which
humans  find hope and meaning---and so  they  destroy  the
contexts within which  they might  find  hope and meaning.
Because  of  the  essential uncertainties of life,   their
analysis   over-looks   the  importance  of   truths   and
commitments which are incarnate in wise persons.

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