This-essay is a8510061.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %SYMPATHETIC CONFLICT RESOLUTION 851006 Conflict resolution is facilitated by sympathetic understanding. If the people who are in conflict with each other entertain and are committed to ideals which inhibit a sympathetic understanding for the situation as perceived by their opposites, then they can not creatively find ways to satisfy all parties in a real resolution of the conflict. Real conflict resolution depends upon real sympathetic understanding of situations as experienced and perceived by opposites in terms of their ideals and needs. Conflict, coercion and violence are continued by ideals which call upon their servants to harden their hearts against opposites who may in reality be complementary others who have much to offer to enrich life and give it greater coherence and meaning. Exclusive commitments to ideals exclude the possibility of meaningful dialogue and sympathetic understanding, and so undermines the possibility of sympathetic conflict resolution. Such exclusive commitments to ideals perpetuate conflict, coercion and violence. People who are insecure in themselves seek ways to bolster their sense of self confidence and security. If they lack confidence in what they believe and to which they have committed themselves, they may block any possibility of perception of incoherence in their beliefs and commitments. Such perceptions may be blocked by hardening their hearts to the perceptions of people who make complementary affirmations, and so are perceived to be enemies who might call into question one's own familiar beliefs and commitments. We seek security in that which is familiar, and tend to fear that which is unfamiliar is essential to integration. These realities of life point to the need to learn how to love our enemies so that they may help us gain more balanced perception of reality and how to live our lives with meaning and integrity. Learning how to love our enemies is essential to human survival. It is not as risky as hating our enemies! (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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