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 %PRISON PARADIGM ADDICT DEPENDENT RESPONSIBLE GOOD 881102

     The person who is in a physical prison is not free to
enjoy  the  variety of different physical perspectives  on
the world; is not free to physically move around.

     The person who is in a conceptual prison is not  free
to  enjoy the variety of different conceptual perspectives
on  the world of ideas;  is not free to conceptually  move
around.

     The  person who is in an emotional prison is not free
to  enjoy the variety of different emotional  perspectives
upon  human experiences;  is not free to emotionally  move
around and be involved in  a variety of different intimate
relationships.

     The  person who is in a spiritual prison is not  free
to  enjoy the various spiritual perspectives on what it is
and  means  to  be  fully  human;  on  not  free  to  move
spiritually through the variety of spiritual  perspectives
of differing people.

     The  person who is in a scientific prison is not free
to enjoy the variety of different ways of knowing;  is not
free to move through different states of consciousness and
through  different forms of being with-knowledge in a con-
science (with-knowledge) way.

     The  members of a technocratic community are  trapped
in  a  prison of technocracy.   They are addicted  to  and
worship    techniques   and   manipulations,     including
manipulations  of each other in efforts to gain control of
their lives and their environment.

     The  members of an addictive community are trapped in
an  addictive paradigm which does not permit  them  to  be
reflexive and look at themselves openly and  honestly.  It
does not permit them to be emotionally free.   It does not
permit them to be spiritually free.   It does  not  permit
them to be free to know in different ways.  Addicts are in
the prison of their limited way of perceiving the world.

     The  prison  of  the  addict is  a  prison  which  is
constructed  with  great  conviction and  sincerity  in  a
tragic effort to be good and perfect. Misguided efforts to
escape from their prison is what is keeping addicts in the
prison.   They do not know  how  to  escape, because  that
knowledge is one of their forbidden forms of knowledge.

     The addict and supportive codependents are trapped in
a prison of collusive games of mutual self deception. They
can  not escape from their games because one of the  rules
of  their  games is that the games must be  concealed  and
they  must pretend that they are not playing their  games.
One lie leads to other lies to cover up the previous lies.
The  more lies which have been told the more must be  told
to cover up the lies which have been told.   The number of
lies   told  grows  exponentially  in  an   explosion   of
deceptions.     White lies are told for good  reasons, and
other lies are told to cover the good lies which were told
for good reasons.  The boundary between good lies and evil
lies becomes confused,  and one of  the foundation lies is
that there is a difference between good and evil lies.

     The  essence of evil is estrangement.   Lies lead  to
estrangement.   Being deceptive is the essence of behaving
in estranging ways, the essence of behaving in evil ways.

     Respecting  and   being   dedicated  to  manipulative
management   of   appearances are the foundations  of  the
development  of an addictive society.    The alienation is
real   even  if  the  purpose  of   the   management    of
appearances    was   initially  lofty  and  perceived   as
spiritually worthy of respect.

     Any  paradigm   which   constrains  the perception of
alternatives  is a prison.   Any paradigm which  restrains
communication of alternatives is a prison.  Any ideals and
values  which  inhibit open and honest  communication  are
imprisoning ideals.  Ideals and values which conceal these
truths are the ultimate prison.

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