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              %CREATIVE COMMUNAL FREEDOM FROM GUILT 870323

     People  who  are imprisoned by feelings of guilt  are
not  free  to be creative in promoting both  personal  and
communal integrity.   Feelings of guilt make it  difficult
to tell the difference between the natural consequences of
our  decisions  and  actions on the  one  hand,   and  the
contrived  consequences  brought  about by  the  way  that
participants in conformal  collusions  think,   speak  and
behave.    Participants  in collusive games of mutual self
deception  make  each  other feel guilty if there  is  any
suggestion of deviation  from the deceptive rules of their
mutual  game.    Guilt  is a tool used by  conformists  to
threaten each other into conformity  which  lacks personal
and communal integrity.

     Communal  freedom  from guilt sets people free to  be
creative  and  wise in dealing with new  challenges  which
threaten the integrity of a community and/or the integrity
of  its  members.   Guilt can not be used as  a  means  to
promote  creativity  in  dealing with  new  circumstances:
guilt   can   only  be  used  to  promote  conformity   to
traditional (perhaps outdated) patterns of behavior.

     Guilt  generates  confusion about natural causes  and
effects.  Guilt  makes  any  analysis of  the  dynamics of
natural  process  serve  the  deceptive  purposes  of  the
collusions which generated the guilt.   Guilty people  are
participants  in  and/or victims of the  collusions  which
generate the guilt.

     People who do not feel guilty are free to be open and
honest   about   the  dynamics  of  natural   causes   and
consequences.  Yet, they must be careful when dealing with
participants in collusions,  lest they needlessly threaten
the participants in the  games  of  mutual self deception.
Threats harden colluders'  dedication to their games,  and
their games are matters of ultimate concern and salvation.
Threats do  not promote  clear  thinking.   Threats merely
intensify the feelings of guilt of the participants in the
collusive violence to truth,  honesty, openness, intimacy,
security, tranquility,  serenity and peace.  Such violence
leads  to feelings  of guilt among people who are addicted
to  trying  to  gain control of their lives by  trying  to
control  each  other  through  the use  of  some  powerful
technology,  means, chemical, procedure, ritual, doctrine,
dogma, institution, etc.

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