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              %TRANSCENDING COMMUNAL REFLEXIVE BIAS 861220

     Bias  often  originates in  reflexive  considerations
through selfish self interest.   This is true both at  the
individual and communal levels.  Individual reflexive bias
can  in  part be transcended through communal  checks  and
balances  which help to reveal selfish  self  interest and
how  it generates individual bias;  i.e.,  by people  with
complementary  and  contradictory  biases  revealing  each
other's biases.

     Communal  reflexive  bias can not be  transcended  by
isolated  communities which are alienated from each other;
just  as individual reflexive bias can not be  transcended
by isolated individuals who are alienated from each other.
Reflexive  bias  is transcended through  open  and  honest
dialogue  among  the individuals and/or  communities  that
suffer from reflexive bias.   Only through open and honest
dialogue  are their biases likely to be revealed and  seen
clearly.

     In light of the above it is helpful to recognize that
reflexive  bias is rooted in and nourished by the  fear of
rejection     and    excommunication---fear    which    is
characteristic  of peoples   and  communities  that   lack
genuine  emotional security;  i.e., lack the freedom to be
intimately  open and honest  without  fear  of   rejection
and    excommunication.   Insecure   people  are  on   the
defensive.    Defensive  people are  not  secure,  and  do
not through defensiveness  achieve security; no matter how
sophisticated,  powerful,  costly or destructive     their
defensive    technologies may be.       Such  technologies
undermine  genuine  emotional  security  and nourish   the
reflexive  bias which prompts emotional insecurity.

Wisdom involves the integrative use of knowledge and
skills within real daily contexts where they are relevant.
Reflexive  bias  undermines  wise  behavior.    Meaningful
coping   entails   more  than  technocratic   success   in
celebrating   means.    Meaningful  coping  entails   wise
considerations  which are free of reflexive bias and  lead
by both personal and communal wisdom in integrative ways.

     Transcending  communal  reflexive bias does not  come
through the winning of contests,  conflicts or wars.    It
comes   through  resolving  conflicts  among   ideals   in
integrative ways.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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