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       %WISE AUTO REGULATE SELF ASSESS JUDGE REJECT 890222

     Wise  people assess the consequences of their  habits
of heart and mind, and of their behaviors, without falling
into   the  trap  of  passing  rejective  judgement   upon
themselves as persons.

     Wise  people succeed in regulating their behavior  in
the  light of meditation upon past consequences;   without
being  compulsively  preoccupied with the past  and  their
mistakes as signs of their being unworthy of acceptance.

     Wise  people  pray  for  both personal  and  communal
integrity  in  the  light of their personal  and  communal
experiences; taking into consideration the consequences of
their own assumptions,  attitudes,  beliefs,  convictions,
etc.   and how they have related to those of other  people
and   processes.   In  prayer  and  meditation  they  seek
integrity  in the light of experience openly and  honestly
considered.

     Prayer  is the door through which wise people  escape
from the collusions,  addictions and codependence of their
families,  churches, schools, professions,  businesses and
nations.   Prayer  is  the way to  personal  and  communal
integrity.

     Prayer  is  not the projection of one's  own  desires
upon the cosmos. That concept of the nature of prayer is a
confusion  which is one aspect of collusions,   addictions
and  codependence.   In authentic prayer it becomes  clear
which desires lead the way to integrity, and which desires
lead the way to personal and communal disintegration.

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