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                    %REFLEXIVE SALVATION TECHNOLOGY 861219

     The  technology of reflexive salvation of individuals
is not the foundation for personal and communal integrity.
The  proper  choice  of  doctrine,   ritual,   fellowship,
authority,  paradigm,  books, instruments,  etc.  does not
provide the means to reflexive salvation;  no matter  what
the guarantee claims.

     Salvation  is not achieved through reflexive behavior
by individuals or limited communities.  Salvation is not a
goal  which  can  be achieved by the  correct  technology,
means,  procedures, rituals, confessions, etc.  Such means
do  not provide the way by which any select individual  or
group  can achieve selective salvation;  they are not  the
means to personal and communal integrity.

     The  foundations  for  both  personal  and   communal
integrity  are  to be seen in the integrative behavior  of
people   who  have integrity---and love  their   neighbors
with  integrity in sacrificial ways.   Through  love  they
open  and  keep  open  channels of honest   communication,
dialogue,    sharing,       generosity,        confession,
forgiveness,   reconciliation,   etc.   Their goal is  not
selfish  salvation.   Their   way  is  the  way  to   both
personal  and  communal integrity which offer meaning  and
satisfaction to all  in the widest known community.

     Meaningful  salvation is not achieved by  individuals
for themselves,  nor by individuals for other individuals.
Meaningful  salvation is enjoyed communally by individuals
who  with  integrity  sustain both personal  and  communal
integrity---for  all  members  of the  broadest  community
they   know.         It     is    not     an     exclusive
technological accomplishment.

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