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     %IMPORTANT RECOGNIZE DESCRIBE COSTS ALIENATION 890517

     It  is important to the integrity of a community  and
its members that the costs of alienation be described  and
recognized in public ceremonies.

     In   the   absence   of   public   descriptions   and
recognitions of the costs of alienation,  a  community  is
most likely to suffer such costs in ignorance of what they
are;   and of what patterns of behavior lead to  incurring
such costs.

     It  is  a mistake to remain ignorant of the costs  of
alienative  patterns of behavior.  Those who truly seek to
discover what those costs are can discover them,  describe
them publicly,  and help to bring about public recognition
of  the  disintegrative costs of  alienative  patterns  of
behavior.

     The  keys to the discovery of the costs of alienative
patterns  of behavior is a desire to discover  the  costs,
and  a dedication to the promotion of secure contexts  for
open  and honest dialogue about people's own  experiences,
feelings, convictions, etc.

     Alienative   patterns  of  behavior  are  rooted   in
manipulative  habits of mind/heart which are supported  by
paradigms  dedicated  to achieving  perfection,   control,
acceptability,   power and security.  The consequences are
that  alienative patterns of behavior tragically  lead  to
the opposite of the intended goals.

     It  is important to the integrity of a community  and
its members that the costs of alienation be described  and
recognized in public ceremonies.

     If  the  members of a community do not recognize  the
consequences   of   perpetuating  alienative   habits   of
mind/heart they cannot learn from their mistakes,  and are
doomed to repeat the mistakes over and over and over.

     Alienation  is  occasioned by:  personal  rejections,
personal manipulations,  over-specialization, exclusivity,
shunning,  punishment,  pride without humility,  collusive
games   of   mutual  self   deception,    addictions   and
codependents'  support of addicts, etc. Each such habit of
mind/heart has its own disintegrative dynamics which  need
to  be recognized and described for public considerations.
In  the light of such open and honest descriptions  it  is
possible to avoid the consequences of much alienation.

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