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               %MANIPULATIVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 861217

     People  who approach each other in manipulative  ways
develop  manipulative personal relationships which tend to
be  competitive  contests  to achieve  advantages at  each
other's  expense.      Each  person   in   a  manipulative
relationship tends  to  believe that the advantage of  one
is  a  disadvantage to the  other.  Cooperation   is   not
normal     to    people    who    are      engaged      in
manipulative/competitive  relationships,   except for  the
cooperation entailed in continuing the competition.

     The  character of manipulative personal relationships
flows from the ideals,  values,  self conceptions,  goals,
etc. of the participants.   Yet they are likely to believe
that the tragic consequences of their behaviors are due to
external  considerations over which they believe  they  do
not  have full control,  yet they are trying to gain  full
control  in  further manipulative  relationships.     They
believe  that  the    tragic    consequences   of    their
manipulative   relationships    will  be  transcended   by
extending the  range and power of their manipulations.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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