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                         %PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRATION 880312

     To  understand the principles of integration we  need
to  consider  them  in personal  dynamics  and  in  social
dynamics;    in  the  positive  sense  of  principles   of
integration,   in  the negative  sense  of  principles  of
disintegration:    four  senses when all combinations  are
considered.

     Individuals   need   to  have   effective   reflexive
principles  of integration to overcome communal principles
of  disintegration.   Communities need  to  have  communal
principles   of   integration   to   overcome   individual
principles of disintegration.

     The  principles  of  disintegration  pertain  to  the
fragmentation  of  lines  of  communication.    When   the
channels of communication are broken, blocked,  cluttered,
forgotten,  gaged, confused, etc.---then disintegration is
the  natural  consequence.   Open and honest  channels  of
communication are essential to integrity.

     To  avoid  disintegration  each  community  needs  to
embody  in its members and institutions the recognition of
the essential principles of integration.   Such principles
need  to  be  embodied  in  healthy  people's  traditions,
communal practices, laws, schools, businesses, etc.  Other
values  and  ideals need to be viewed in the light of  the
essential principles of integration; else secondary values
and  ideals  will  replace  principles of  integration  as
exclusive  concerns  and  the community will  disintegrate
through idolatry.

     In  the  light  of principles of  integration  it  is
possible  to  see  how technical means often supplant  the
ideals and values  which  should give direction to the use
of  the technical means.   In the absence of clarity about
the principles  of integration our technical means  become
ends.  One can anticipate  such disintegration and use the
principles of integration to avoid the tragic consequences
of putting trust in disintegrative ideals and values.

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