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              %FEARFUL AFFECTIVE AFFIRMATIONS CAUSE 841120

     Often  we  have intellectual reasons for  wishing  to
affirm  an  ideal  or value which our reason tells  us  is
worthy  of  affirmation;   yet,   we  fear  to  make  that
affirmation---because of taboos or collusions which  stand
in the  way.    If we seek to make an affirmation in spite
of  our   fears,  our fearful affective affirmation   will
likely  cause others to fear that which we affirm.   There
are  many  channels  of  communication.    Our   fear   is
communicated     through     affective     channels     of
communication,    while  our intellectual  affirmation  is
conveyed  verbally.     The  two affirmations   are  often
contradictory  to  each.  Fear can effectively  block  the
affirmations we intellectually defend with reasoning.

     For intellectual affirmations to be effective we must
have  affective  freedom to make the affirmations.    This
means  we  must get to the roots of the fear which  blocks
reasonable  affirmations.    The  roots of  fear  are  not
intellectual  processes,  they are affective  experiences.
No  purely intellectual processes can eliminate the  roots
of  fear.    To eliminate the roots of fear  requires  the
integration   and  balancing  of  both  intellectual   and
affective experiences in ways which demonstrate a profound
respect   for  both  individual  and  communal  integrity.
Fear    is  engendered  when  integrity  or   balance   is
threatened.
                                                                                                                               
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