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 %DIMENSIONS ACTION EXPERIENCE CONSCIOUSNESS HONEST 890614

     Being  whole  persons  with integrity  in  a  healthy
community  entails  moving  through  many  dimensions   of
action,  experience and consciousness;  i.e.,  not getting
stuck  in  any  one dimension of  action,   experience  or
consciousness.

     Any systematic failure to move through the full range
of   dimensions   of   human   action,    experience   and
consciousness   is  a  warning  sign  that  disintegrative
processes may be operating.  Healthy communal life entails
a wide range of personal and communal actions, experiences
and consciousness.

     Some  dimensions  of being whole human beings  in  an
integrative community are not fulfilled:  for lack of time
and energy,  due to a disposition to concentrate on a  few
dimensions  through specialization where ability is great,
due  to a lack of ability in other dimensions,  because of
early   frustrations   &  embarrassments,   for  lack   of
encouragement, due to communal discouragement,  because of
active inhibition through social pressure, etc.

     A  systematic  lack of persons in a community  moving
through each of the essential dimensions of human  action,
experience  and consciousness is a sign of disintegration.
No one person can actively move though all such dimensions
of  being  fully human,  yet on the whole  members  of  an
integrative  community  include  it many  people  who  are
respected  and  encouraged in their movements through  all
the dimensions of being human with integrity.

     A community which is unaware of a systematic lack  of
persons  in  the  community  moving through  some  of  the
essential  dimensions  of  human action,   experience  and
consciousness  is  like a community unaware that  all  its
fire-fighters  have  died and have not been replaced.    A
systematic   absence  of  activity,    experience   and/or
consciousness is a symptom of communal disintegration.

     The  danger to communal integrity is minimal if  some
particular  lack is accidental through random fluctuations
of individual dispositions,  abilities, desires,  choices,
etc.  The danger is great if the lack is due to systematic
patterns   of   neglect,    frustration,    embarrassment,
discouragement,    inhibition,   repressions,    coercion,
violence,    etc.    To  maintain  communal  and  personal
integrity each community needs to counter such  systematic
patterns with communal and individual responses openly and
honestly  designed to compensate for their  disintegrative
effects.

     Where   there   is  a  lack  there   should   be   an
investigation  to come to an understanding of the  factors
which have occasioned the lack,  and efforts made to  deal
with such factors in integrative ways.  The most difficult
step will be to become aware of the presence of the  lack;
for  collusive  factors are likely to be involved  in  the
generation  of  the systematic patterns which lead to  the
lack of activity, experience,  and/or consciousness of the
lacking essential dimension of whole living.

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