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   %KEY SELF OTHER SALVATION ADDICTION CODEPENDENCE 900403

     If  we  regard our salvation as  depending  upon  our
taking care of ourself without balanced regard for others,
we  die  in  meaningless  ways  in  our  estrangement  and
isolation.

     If  we  regard our salvation as  depending  upon  our
saving  others when they do not take care of themselves in
balanced  ways and do not have balance regard for  others;
then   we   die  in  the  prisons   of   our   codependent
relationships  with  dishonest addicts and  their  violent
manipulations.

     If  we  regard  our salvation as depending  upon  our
affirmation of conventional beliefs and our  participation
in  conventional  rituals without regard for personal  and
communal integrity; then we lose our personal and communal
integrity  in  the consequences of our being out of  touch
with our personal and other people's personal experiences.

     If  we  regard our salvation as  depending  primarily
upon what we individually believe and do,  then we isolate
ourselves  from each other in our individualistic  efforts
to save ourselves from each other;  and die in meaningless
ways in our estrangement and isolation.

     If  we  regard our salvation as  depending  primarily
upon  maintaining communal law and order and  making  sure
that every member of the community does what is proper and
what  is  not  embarrassing;  then we die  in  meaningless
conventional   lives   which  are  devoid   of   intimacy,
affection, creativity, spontaneity and authenticity.

     We  may enjoy personal and communal integrity when we
accept ourselves and each other as we are,  and enter into
open  and honest dialogue about our experiences as we are,
in  efforts  to become integrated in  balanced  ways  with
love, power and justice for all.

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