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                  %STRUCTURE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS 880307

     Human  integrity depends upon the structure of  human
relationships;    i.e.,   upon  the  elements   of   human
relationships and how those elements are related in  human
communities.

     The  structure of human relationships depends in part
upon  what humans believe about themselves and about their
relationships.    Belief and reality are inter-related  in
human relationships.  Belief can create or repress reality
by enabling or repressing various kinds of  relationships.
Some  kinds  of  realities are more the product of  belief
than of objective acts.  Some kinds of human relationships
are made possible by appropriate kinds  of  beliefs on the
part of the participant in the relationships.

     The  structure  of human relationships  depends  upon
what  humans believe to be real and/or possible,  and upon
what kinds of relating humans believe to be appropriate.

     Jack  views  Jill as a means to advance  his  career.
Jill   is  pretty,   witty  and  likely  to  make  a  good
executive's  wife.   Jack believes it is appropriate for a
climber  to  marry an appropriate female who will  advance
his career.

     The kinds of relationships which are possible between
Jack  and  Jill depends upon whether  Jill  share's  Jack'
beliefs,  and upon the level of integrity and mutuality in
their beliefs.  The structure of their relationships, will
depend  upon what they believe themselves to be,  and what
they believe they may become.

     The  relationship  between Jack and Jill  will  exist
within a community.   The kind of relationship which  they
will  be able to maintain will depend upon the beliefs  of
their  community,  and how they relate to their community.
Human  relationships  are essentially communal in  nature.
The  structure of human relationships depends as much upon
the  community as upon the participants in the  particular
human  relationship.   Can the relationships be  open  and
honest; or is secrecy and deception expected and required?

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