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%SACRIFICING IDEALS OF SEPARATION 850101
Judgment, rejection, punishment, reward and maneuvers
to control are acts of a separated I towards another
regarded as essentially separated from I. Such acts take
for granted the separation, confirm and perpetuate it.
They do not seek reconciliation, integration or community.
They are based upon the assumption of the existence of a
superior I which is separate from other and properly
qualified to try to get others to behave properly
according to the ideals which distinguish and separate
self and other.
When each self regards self as superior to other by
virtue of the ideals which distinguish self from other,
then there is no basis for community-integrating self and
other in ways which open the possibilities of learning
from shared experiences which transcend the conflicting
ideals. The idealistic theories can not be tested through
shared experiences because the ideals block the sharing of
experiences; the experiences of each being forbidden,
taboo, collusively repressed to the other. That which
defines each self as unique and distinguished, separates
each self from other in ways which block reconciliation.
Both self and other must acknowledge their interdependence
within a universe which is a unity-verse of experiences
which define the creatures of the universe. To deny
such inter-dependence is to confirm it in frustration
rather than in joy, in violence rather than in
cooperation, in disintegration rather than with integrity.
The inter-dependence is the reality of life. To deny it
is deadly.
The objectified self is a separated self concerned
with the salvation of I as a super-ego---in need
of techniques to achieve security without giving up the
basis for separation and superiority. The objectified
self defines It's self apart from I-Thou
relationships of profound interdependence and integrity.
So defined It can not logically lose It's self to enjoy
the experience of community within a unity which
transcends judgment, rejection, punishment, reward and
maneuvers. To enjoy such joy requires the sacrifice of
all bases for judgment, rejection, punishment, reward
and maneuvers designed to make inferior others do what
they should do. Such joy is a gift to those who
sacrifice the ideals which demand and justify separation
from interdependent others.
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