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     Meaning  in  life  does  not come  through  analysis.
Analysis  takes  things and people apart,  fragments them.
Meaning  in  life does not  come  through  the  making  of
demands or the  imposition  of restrictions.  Neither does
meaning come from coercive expectations.   Meaning in life
is  enjoyed within appropriate contexts.  People who offer
meaningful contexts enrich life.

     Meaningful contexts can take many forms.   A  context
may  be  a  loving  tone in a  home  setting,   a   school
classroom, a work-place, or a market-place.  A context may
be an  intellectual  unity  in  a  way of understanding; a
unity  which does not offend or do violence  to  affective
sensitivities and/or needs.  A  context may be a community
which  offers individuals the opportunity to be themselves
and fulfill their unique potentials within honest dialogue
with each other.  A  context may be created by the shapes,
lines,  tones,  colors,  smells,  sounds,  and lights of a
community; its homes,  buildings,  streets, market-places,
transport system, schools, walkways parks, etc.  A context
may be created by the balance between manufactured  goods,
air,   water,   plants,   and  animals which serve  as  an
environment for human life.

We become  the individuals we are within contexts in
a  dynamic  interplay  with the contexts within  which  we
chooses create, find, discover, receive,  reject,  etc. We
need a balanced perception of  our own development and the
development   of   the   contexts   which   occasion   our
development.  It is risky to be blind to the dynamic feed-
back  loops  which operate between contexts,   individuals
communities,  ideals,  goals, moods,  temperaments, fears,
hopes,  aspirations, collusions, taboos. etc.   To  regard
any aspect of the whole as the essence of  the  whole---is
to become blind to the whole  with its integrity---and  so
to become blind to integrity within whole contexts.

                                                                                                                               
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