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                          %SPIRITUALISTIC MECHANISM 731207

     Much  of modern life is dominated by a  materialistic
mechanism.   Men live with self-images predicated upon the
operation of cause and effect relation-ships in the  realm
of physical processes.  Some say that man is no more  than
the  operation  of  these physical,   and  that  only  the
superstitious  any  longer give any consideration  to  any
phenomena  which  can not be under-stood in terms  of  the
explanations of physical science.   Thus some men live  by
the  faith  that eventually all phenomena---including  the
complexities  of states of consciousness,  dialogue,   and
self-transcendence---will be fully understood in terms  of
physical  mechanisms.   In such a view,  human fulfillment
will  be hastened by a greater understanding of  the  laws
which govern physical processes, for then men will be able
to  manipulate  processes  to his  liking  by  appropriate
techniques based upon that greater understanding.

     In  contrast  to such material mechanists  there  are
some   who  live  with  self-images  predicated  upon  the
operation of cause  and effect relationships in the  realm
of spiritual processes.  Some say that man is at heart the
operation of these spiritual processes and that  only  the
insensitively   materialistic   any   longer   give    any
consideration  to  understanding man in terms of  physical
processes.    Thus,   some  men live  by  the  faith  that
eventually  all  hope  and  meanings  ---   including  the
complexities  of states  of consciousness,  dialogue,  and
self-transcendence---will be fully  understood in terms of
spiritual mechanisms.   In such a view,  human fulfillment
will  be  hastened  by  a  greater  understanding  of  the
spiritual laws which govern human processes,  for then men
will  be able to direct their lives in accordance to those
laws.   There  is  a  surprising  similarity  between  the
structure  of  the under-standing  of  the   materialistic
mechanists and the spiritualistic mechanists. Both seem to
take for granted the operation of cause and effect and the
possibility  of  prediction,  and so the  anticipation  of
consequences.    Both types of people are  represented  by
their  technocrats using sophisticated theoretical  models
to  represent  the operations of  the invisible mechanisms
and  laws  of  process.   Both types  of  people  tend  to
maximize  attention  on theory while being inattentive  to
existential  realities.    As  a  natural consequence  the
mechanisms operate to minimize mutual awareness and mutual
understanding  as  many cease to live in the  technocratic
society.
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