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             %PRAYER FOR RECONCILIATION & INTEGRITY 851030

     Many  tragic  behaviors lead to alienation.    Tragic
behavior is occasioned by high ideals which fail  to  show
respect  for  the  ultimate  importance  of  personal  and
communal  integrity.    People who have  become  alienated
through  tragic  idealistic  behavior need  to  pray  both
individually   and   corporately  for   guidance   towards
reconciliation  through integrative dialogue.   Prayer  is
the focusing of yearning for integrity to heal the  wounds
of striving for alienative superiority.

     Praying  for reconciliation and integrity is a way to
compensate  for tragic idealistic behaviors which lead  to
alienation.  Disintegration is the consequence of the lack
of such compensation.  The errors of tragic idealism which
lead  to  alienation are to be expected in the  course  of
random chaotic processes.  They need to be compensated for
by wise deliberate efforts which are not random,   chaotic
or indifferent to the costs of alienation.

     Prayer  is  a  way  to  transcend  tragedy  by  being
personally  and  corporately concerned  about  alienation;
seeking  to promote open and honest dialogue even in spite
of  tragic  idealistic  behaviors which tend  to  engender
alienation.    Such  prayer seeks to sacrifice  alienative
ideals  in the service of reconciliation and  integration,
seeking  through  worship  to understand the  dynamics  of
tragic idealistic behavior.

     Wise prayer is not asking another to do for you  what
you  can not do for yourself.   Wise prayer is  an  effort
toward  integrity  and cooperation in doing together  what
individuals can not do in alienation and misunderstanding.
Prayer is integrative rather than magical, coherent rather
than  coercive;   yet not subject to  objective  analysis,
understanding and control; and so mysterious.

     Prayer is not a technique for achieving goals already
chosen.    Prayer is a way in which to be  personally  and
communally coherent in the choice of ideals, values, goals
and means.   Through prayer integrity may be enjoyed, even
though not achieved.
                                                                                                                               
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