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               %ROLE MODELS FOR REFLEXIVE REJECTION 861201

     If   those  nearest  and  dearest  to  Jack  tend  to
reject/alienate  him  when  he fails to conform  to  their
highest  ideals and values,  then Jack is likely to follow
their lead and reject himself and others upon occasions of
failure to conform to Jack's highest ideals and values.

     Human  society  is built upon the human  tendency  to
copy the  behavior patterns of the significant  others  to
whom one is bonded.   Such bonding and role models may not
lead to behavior which  is coherent with informed rational
considerations.    Role  models  may  be  incarnations  of
behavior  patterns  which lack integrity;  i.e.,  are  not
always  coherent  expressions  of  any  coherent  set   of
ultimate ideals,  values,  and conceptions of the  natural
laws which faithfully describe processes  which are beyond
human   control---but   are   understandable,     regular,
predictable.

     Incoherent  incarnations and the copying of  personal
rejection   as  a  response  to  failures  to   conform---
ultimately  lead to self rejection and the  disintegration
of  personal integrity;  and thus to the disintegration of
communal  integrity which depends upon personal  integrity
in reciprocal ways.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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