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%UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ACCEPTANCE OWN EMOTION CREATIVE 900126

     In  the  absence  of unconditional  love  people  are
unlikely to feel free to own their own emotions,  creative
insights,   and clarifying perceptions.  In the absence of
unconditional  love  people  try  to  control  each  other
through  the threat of and use of conditional rewards  and
acceptance,  ambiguity,  punishments, coercion,  violence,
rejection, ridicule, etc.

     In  the  absence  of  unconditional  acceptance  into
dialogue and community, people become the victims of shame
and  preoccupation with guilt because they  cannot  accept
themselves  in  the  absence of meaningful  acceptance  by
significant  others.  They come to view those things which
are  most distinctively their own as unacceptable:   their
own  bodies,  emotions,  creative insights and  clarifying
perceptions.   They  thus cannot think  clearly  or  learn
anything of real value from their own experiences, bodies,
emotions, creative insights or perceptions.  Real learning
and the development of authentic wisdom is blocked.

     In   such  a  state  it  is  natural  that confusion,
disorder,   violence,  destruction,  disintegration,   and
increasing  entropy are common and feed on  themselves  in
exponential ways.  It takes concentrated amounts of energy
and  work directed in wise ways to reduce  the  confusion,
disorder,   violence,   destruction and entropy;   and  to
promote meaningful integration.  This is unlikely to occur
in  the  absence  of  an acknowledgment  of  the  ultimate
importance of authentic love with its understanding of the
role  of unconditional acceptance into community  dialogue
with sympathetic listening.  It is important to  recognize
the  prerequisites  to meaningful learning and  education;
else there can be no liberal education which  meaningfully
liberates. In the absence of the appropriate prerequisites
no  amount of effort and sophisticated technology will  be
of any avail.

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