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      %SALVATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INTERDEPENDENCE 870113

     People   who  preach  individual  salvation  make  it
difficult   for  individuals  to  acknowledge  integrative
interdependence  and  the  communal  roots  of   salvation
without which individual  contributions  to  salvation are
meaningless.    People  who believe that  their  salvation
depends  exclusively  upon  their  own  individual  faith,
beliefs, efforts, confessions, etc. are not free to let go
and accept the contributions of  others  who are different
and can complement them in their prayers for both personal
and communal  integrity.   An absolute responsibility  for
your own salvation through your own proper faith, beliefs,
works, rituals, confessions, etc.  makes it impossible for
you  to fall in love---due to fear of falling out of grace
and heaven.

     Infants  are most fearful of falling.   If  they  are
taught  to  fear  falling in love they will  lead  fearful
adult  lives.    To fall in love is to let go and  not  be
fearfully cautious of slipping in one's efforts to achieve
salvation.  So long as one is cautiously trying to achieve
one's own salvation it is not safe to fall in love.   Love
is not cautious,  systematic, calculating,  and careful in
the  ways required to achieve your own  salvation.    Love
seeks to make connections,  not to achieve differentiation
and separation from those who are not saved.

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