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     The way we grow depends upon our self-image.   If our
self-image is that  of a person who has achieved  ultimate
maturity,   we  will  not  grow,   we  will  stagnate  and
disintegrate.    Our self-image may prompt  actions  which
will  make us become inconsistent with the values implicit
in our self-image.   In such a  case our life will be full
of  double-bind  frustrations as we seek  to  fulfill  our
self-image---for our efforts will  be  counter-productive.
Our  self-image  in  such a case is based  upon  a  faulty
conception of human development, relationships, cause, and
effect.    Our  self-image  may  appear to  be  internally
consistent  to  us,  but be the occasion for a life  which
lacks integrity  and fulfillment.   The lack  of integrity
may   originate  in  our  participation  in  one  or  more
collusions;   but  it  may also originate in  an  innocent
ignorance, misconception, or confusion.

     If  our  self-image has integrity---our life will  be
one characterized by a dynamically stable self-image.  Our
self-image will be changing in self-consistent ways  which
are self-fulfilling.   The changes,  growth, will  not  be
violations  of the  values  implicit  in  the  self-image.
Stability  will not be based upon a static condition,  but
upon a dynamic condition which permits integrative change.
The  self  will not be put in the  double  bind  of  self-
excommunication  due to initiating behaviors  which brings
about changes which are condemned by the self-image  which
prompted  the  dammed  behavior.   The dynamically  stable
self-image   characterizes   the  real   person   who   is
dynamically mature,  mature  in  growth,   not "mature" in
stagnation.
                                                                                                                               
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