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       %MEANS SALVATION FEEL GOOD CONTROL COERCIONS 891228

     We imagine various WAYS to achieve salvation through:
coercions,   manipulations,   acquisition,   achievements,
rituals,  inclusions,  exclusions,  repetitions,  denials,
etc.

     The  FOCUS  of our efforts to achieve  salvation  are
often limited to those objects, people, things,  entities,
symbols, words, etc. which yield themselves to: coercions,
manipulations,    acquisition,   achievements,    rituals,
inclusions, exclusions, repetitions, denials, etc.

     There  are  many  possible combinations  between  the
various  WAYS we try to achieve salvation and the  various
FOCI  of our efforts in the various WAYS we try to achieve
salvation;   and  many of us do not give up until we  have
tried  all conceivable possible combinations of  WAYS  and
FOCI,   thinking there must be some magic  combination  of
WAYS and FOCI which will bring us salvation.

     We  conceive of the PROOF of our salvation  in  terms
of:  feelings, reputation, appearances,  affection,  self-
esteem,  perfection,  confidence,  membership,  inclusion,
etc.

     We choose the combination of our WAYS and FOCI in our
efforts  to achieve salvation in terms of what is  central
in our conceptions of the PROOF of our salvation; e.g., we
may  try to manipulate other people's perceptions of us to
achieve a desired appearance and reputation of perfection.

     We  thus  develop a vocabulary of WAYS,   FOCI,   and
PROOFS pertaining to the salvation we seek;  and they  are
all   based   upon  assumptions,    beliefs,    attitudes,
convictions,   etc.   which lie hidden behind the  web  of
combinations  which we try to use to get into heaven.   So
long as we do not see the consequences of our assumptions,
beliefs,  attitudes, convictions, etc.  we cannot learn to
avoid  the  tragic consequences which they often  lead  us
towards.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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