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                   %INTEGRATIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION 871030

     People who are engaged in a conflict are incarnations
of the conflicting ideals and values which are the essence
of the conflict.  The destruction, inhibition, repression,
etc.    of the incarnations of the conflicting ideals  and
values   will   not  resolve  the  conflict  among   those
conflicting ideals and values; and may, in fact,  heighten
the level of violent activity among the combatants.

     Conflict   resolution  entails  integrative  activity
wherein  the  participant incarnations  work  together  to
discover  the most creative syntheses of their  respective
ideals and values.   It is absurd to believe that  members
of  one  specie  have absolutely  fundamental  conflicting
interests which are ultimately important to the individual
members of the specie.  Conflict resolution is integrative
activity  which  leads to mutual  understanding  regarding
what   the  participants'   ultimately  most   integrative
interests are.   Conflict resolution does not come through
battles,  wars, and violence; it comes through integrative
efforts  which  promote  both the  personal  and  communal
integrity  of all persons affected by the conflicts  which
have   engulfed  the  participant  incarnations   of   the
conflicting ideals and values.

     It  is essential in conflict resolution work to  come
to  an  understanding  of the contexts within  which  each
value  affirmation is appropriate.   Some affirmations are
appropriate within one context,  but lead to conflict when
affirmed  in other contexts in which other values are more
important.    When  subsidiary  values are  affirmed  with
excessive enthusiasm, affirmations often are inappropriate
to  the  context  in which they are  made,   and  conflict
results.    Conflict  resolution  often  has  to  do  with
contextual  perception  and noting the difference  between
appropriate and inappropriate affirmations of  significant
values   and   ideals.   When  differences   are   clearly
recognized,   it  is easier to avoid making  inappropriate
affirmations which engender conflict.

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