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      %AUTHENTIC SHARE OWN CLAIM HONEST GIVE ACCEPT 890910

     We  cannot  authentically share with  another  person
that which we cannot honestly claim as our own.  We cannot
authentically give to another person that which we  cannot
honestly claim as our own.  This is true of objects  which
can be possessed. It is also true of beliefs, convictions,
perceptions,   relationships,   and  other   non-objective
realities; to the extent that they can be owned as our own
and shared and/or given.

     If  we are participants in collusive games of  mutual
self  deception  we cannot safely claim as our  own  those
beliefs,  convictions,  perceptions,  relationships,  etc.
which  are a threat to our collusive games of mutual  self
deception.   If we cannot claim them as our own,  then  we
cannot share them with others in open dialogue which would
threaten our collusions. Thus our collusions are protected
from revealing honest dialogue.

     So  long as we cannot  claim our own experiences  and
perceptions as our own, we lack personal integrity.

     So  long  as  we cannot  share  our  own  experiences
openly  and  honestly with others,   our  community  lacks
communal integrity.

     It  is  important  to our integrity to find  ways  by
which we may become free to claim our own experiences  and
perceptions  as our own,  so we can share them openly  and
honestly  in  communal dialogue about what matters  to  us
most;  our integrity.  If we cannot be in open and  honest
communal  dialogue  about  what  promotes  integrity,   we
disintegrate.

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