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 %INSTINCT EVIL ENEMY DEFENSE SECURE AUTHENTIC SELF 881004

     Primitive  men and women survived by defense of  self
and  other against members of other species,  and instinct
defined  the enemy as any member of another species  which
could  threaten  self's  integrity.   The  enemy  was  the
dominant members of other species.

     As   men  and women multiplied,  the threat to   self
and  other  became not so much members  of  other  species
which  threatened  the integrity of self and  other,   but
other  members  of  one's  own  species  have  become  the
apparent threat. The threat became the dominant members of
one's own species.

     As   the human population has grown,  the  threat  is
not so much to individual members of any species,  but the
threat  of technocratic man against the integrity  of  the
global  ecosystem.   One species  has  become  excessively
dominant  in  its activities and it threatens all  species
with extinction, which would include its own extinction.

     Ancient  instincts  now mislead  intelligent  people.
The  enemy is no longer other species or different members
of one's own species.  Evil is not incarnate in particular
other humans and they are not the real enemy.  The problem
is  to recognize the real threat to the integrity of  self
and  other,   and to deal with that threat in  integrative
ways.

     The   real  threat  to  our  integrity  lies  in  our
collective collusive addictions and codependent behaviors.

     Real security lies in the freedom to be our authentic
selves with both personal and communal integrity. The real
threat to us is that which threatens our freedom to be our
authentic selves. Our real defense is that which will help
us to deal honestly with whatever threatens our freedom to
be our authentic selves.

     It  is  not particular other persons  which  are  the
focus  of threats to our integrity.  It is  the  collusive
paradigm which imprisons particular other persons,   which
is the power which threatens our integrity, our freedom to
be our authentic selves, our security.

     Our defense lies in understanding the nature of  that
which threatens us,  and in responding openly and honestly
to  that  threat in ways which promote both  personal  and
communal integrity. Our defense does not lie in weapons of
great destruction. Our defense does not lie in threatening
the  integrity  of other members of our own species.   Our
defense  does  not  lie in  exclusive  behavior  which  is
disintegrative by its very nature.

     We  will  not  be secure until we come  to  a  better
understanding of the nature of security,  and then seek to
work to promote authentic security.

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