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    %INTEGRATIVE FANTASIES VS COLLUSIVE COMMITMENTS 870214

     Not  all  commitments  are worthy of respect.    Some
commitments  are  supportive  of  evil  collusions   which
encourage  people to play games of mutual violence against
the truths regarding their personal finitude; idolatrously
playing  the roles  of  contentious gods.   Commitments to
play  such  deceptive  games  are not worthy  of  respect,
regardless of the vestments which the commitments wear and
the respect which is accorded to them.

     Commitments   to   collusive  games  of  mutual  self
deception are disintegrative commitments and not worthy of
respect.   We may escape the disintegrative commitments by
way of private integrative fantasies through which  we may
examine  the  possibilities of new  private  and  communal
relationships which are not collusive.  There is less risk
in   examining  new  possibilities  by  means  of  private
fantasies  than  by  overt  violations  of  the  rules  of
collusive   games   of   mutual  self   deception.     The
articulation   of   perceptions   of   such    integrative
possibilities  is a step toward both personal and communal
integrity.

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