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 %IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBILITIES FINITUDE ULTIMATE IDEALS 861111

     The problem  of  dealing with  finitude  is  to  make
choices  among  the  possibilities  in recognition  of the
impossibility of fulfilling all possibilities.   To do any
specific  thing  is  to  say  no to  doing  other possible
things,  and thereby to admit to finitude.   In an attempt
to  deny  finitude  we  may pretend not to say no  to many
possibilities,  pretending  that we are going  to  fulfill
them later;  a later for which we do not have time.  It is
not  simple  to say no with integrity.   We can  not  have
integrity  unless  we  say  no to some  possibilities with
integrity.   We do not have integrity if if we pretend  we
can say yes to all possibilities.

     The problem of dealing with finitude reaches ultimate
proportions when we choose our ultimate ideals and values.
It  is  possible to choose ultimate ideals and  values  in
such  a way that it is essentially impossible  to  fulfill
such   chosen   ultimate  ideals  and  values;     leading
ultimately to ultimate frustration, anger and violence. To
achieve   salvation   through  technology  is   ultimately
impossible, yet to many that is their ultimate ideal.   To
achieve   eternal  life  at  the  expense  of  others   is
ultimately impossible, yet many seek to achieve that ideal
as  their  ultimate  fulfillment.    To  achieve  security
through independence is impossible,  yet it is the natural
desire  of paranoids who can not trust anybody and so they
view such an ideal as the ultimate ideal.

     Some people  seek  to achieve  social  perfection  by
forbidding  disintegrative experiences;  thereby making it
taboo to discuss disintegrative experiences and so  making
it  impossible  to deal with disintegrative experiences in
an integrative way.  Blocking communication is essentially
a disintegrative means and and can  not be used as a means
to  personal or communal integration.   If people are  not
familiar    with   disintegrative   experiences    through
existential  personal reports,  they are unlikely to avoid
disintegrative   behaviors.    To  block  dialogue   about
disintegrative   experiences   is   to   invite    further
disintegrative   experiences;    even  in  the   face   of
prohibitions    intended   to    prevent    disintegrative
experiences.    It is impossible for finite  creatures  to
articulate  perfect rules to guide other finite  creatures
to  perfection  and  the  absence  of  any  disintegrative
experiences.    To  pretend otherwise ultimately leads  to
disintegration
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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