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                     %EMOTIONS AS ULTIMATE CRITERIA 860421

     People  who have not learned how to  deal  creatively
with  emotions  often  deal with  emotions by  repressing,
ignoring  and denying their reality.   A  failure to  deal
with  emotions  openly,   honestly,  consciously and  with
integrity does not mean that emotions are not dealt  with.
Emotions are engendered by self-referential considerations
whenever   what  is  important  to  self  is   threatened,
questioned,  affirmed,  fulfilled, etc.   One can  not  be
truly  alive  and at the same time be  free  of  emotional
considerations.

     If   Jack   is  unfamiliar  with  emotions   due   to
repression, Jack may be unable to interpret emotions which
well up in self or others: Emotions which break through to
consciousness  may  be  taken  as sure  signs  of  a  very
positive/affirmative nature,  or as sure signs  of  a very
negative/denying nature, or as warnings of terror to come,
or  as signals of wonders to come,  etc.   Such signs  are
unlikely to  be interpreted with cognitive integrity. They
are likely to  be  rationalized  and  have their emotional
nature concealed---leaving only the rationalized certainty
to be publicly shown.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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