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    %DIALOGUE ABOUT INTEGRATIVE STRUCTURE FANTASIES 871029

     Fantasies  can  be  threatening if  they  contain  no
perceived  structure  and occur outside the context  of  a
secure  structure.   Fantasies can be liberating  if  they
occur within a secure context,  and are jointly  perceived
as the way to get from an unsatisfactory situation to what
may  well  be  a much more satisfactory  situation.   Only
through  dialogue about new possibilities can we sort  out
which  of the possibilities are more integrative  in  both
personal  and  communal ways,  than are the  ways  we  are
traveling.    The structures of our fantasies need  to  be
examined within a secure present structure; a structure in
which  we feel secure in examining what may at first  seem
to  be threatening possibilities.   Part of such a  secure
context  is a mutual agreement upon the importance of open
and honest dialogue in the midst  of conflict about lesser
values and ideals.  Absent  such  an  agreement  there  is
bound to be disintegration of dialogue, and so of personal
and communal integrity.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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