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    %SALVATION FROM ALIENATION THROUGH CONVERSATION 880117

     People  who  are in need of salvation  are  alienated
from other persons.   The essence of hell and damnation is
alienation;  the inability to be true to your deepest self
in  intimate dialogue,  conversation and cooperation  with
others.

     The  conversion  from  alienation  to  communal   and
personal  integrity involves conversation,  a  keeping  of
honest company with, and so an authentic turning to others
for   desired  stimulation  and  interchange.    Authentic
dialogue  with  an  honest and  open  exchange  of  ideas,
opinions,  feelings, experiences, etc.  is the opposite of
alienation.

     One form of alienation is over specialization of  the
kind   of  company  one  keeps,   and  in  the  kinds   of
conversation  in which one participates.   In the  extreme
cases,   over specialization with regards to the kinds  of
company  and conversation one participates in,  constitute
alienation from those whose company one does not keep, and
with  whom one is never in dialogue.   Specialists are  in
danger of becoming alienated from each other and from non-
specialists---to  the extent that they become unable to be
in  dialogue,   cooperation  and  conversation  with  such
different other people.

     It is not very meaningful to be in conversation  with
others  who  are just like you are.   The more  alike  two
people  are,   the less meaningful is their  conversation.
Conversations  between  alike people cannot  convert  them
from   being  isolated  to  being  integrated  into  their
community as a whole.  Meaningful conversation takes place
between  people who are significantly different from  each
other.    The more meaningful the difference  between  two
person  the  greater  may  be  their  conversation;   when
intimate  dialogue  is fulfilled through their efforts  to
meet  and  come  to  know each  other  intimately.    Such
conversation is not easy.   It may threaten the collusions
of   the  participants,   and  make  them   uncomfortable,
embarrassed.    Even  so,  they may become  converted  and
become  more  whole  as persons  through  such  meaningful
conversations.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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