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    %COSMIC UNIVERSAl INSECURE DISHONEST ADDICTIONS 900427

     Often  people  who  are at  heart  insecure  seek  to
bolster     their    self   esteem    with    cosmic    or
universal  pretentions  of grandeur  wherein  they  regard
themselves   as  better   than   others  who   lack   some
cosmic/universal knowledge,   calling,  selection,    etc.
which somehow sets them apart in some exclusive way.

     Insecurity is a matter of the heart,  not a matter of
objective   reality  or  of  intellectual   understanding.
Insecurity  is  an  affective reality;   rooted  in  human
alienation,   and  leading  to further  human  alienation.
Insecure  people are defensive and often seek security  in
defensive  manipulations which compound their  alienation.
They  seek security in reflexive perceptions of their  own
superiority;  based upon scientific, religious,  literary,
artistic,   or  some  other  kind  of  knowledge,   skill,
appreciation, or calling.

     It  is comforting to believe that one is in resonance
with the cosmic being;  perhaps more in resonance with the
cosmic being than lesser people are.   The hazard lies  in
people  who  have  such beliefs and who  are  misled  into
treating  others in alienative ways which lead to personal
and communal disintegration.   Some people seek comfort in
their conceptions  of  an alliance on their part with  the
more powerful of two  cosmic  gods,  who  are engaged in a
transcendent  battle which mirrors human conflicts between
GOOD and EVIL.

     It is foolish to seek comfort in a conception of  the
universe  in  which the universe is not  coherent,   lacks
integrity,   is engaged in a fundamental conflict  between
alienated  parts  of  the cosmos.   If  there  is  such  a
fundamental  conflict  on a cosmic scale which so  exceeds
the  human  scale of time and space,  then what  hope  can
there be for mere mortals?  What wisdom or comfort can any
reasonable person hope to find in such a conception of the
universe.    Of what is such a conception born?   In  what
kinds of human relationships is it born?

     The  people  who conceive and give birth  to  such  a
conception  tend  to be insecure people  who  are  playing
collusive games of mutual self deception in the manner  of
addicts and their codependent supporters.   Through  their
pretensions  they  seek to compensate for their  low  self
esteem.   They are often alienated from the vast  majority
of less select,  less expert, less specialized humans whom
they  view  with  disdain.   Those who have  not  achieved
cosmic  knowledge,  skills and appreciation are viewed  as
inferior   and   as not worthy of attention.      Dialogue
with  them  is not valued because it is not  an  effective
means  to  feeling    superior    in   compensation    for
feelings    of  inferiority    which   are    rooted    in
alienation      and    impoverished    affective     human
relationships.

     It is hard to understand how God who is the source of
the  coherence  and integrity of the universe  would  look
with  favor  upon  people who because of their  sense   of
their  relationship with God are alienated from  the  vast
majority  of    other  humans.      There   is   something
fundamentally  incoherent in such people's conceptions  of
their  exclusive  relationship  with  God,    transcendent
power,    or  whatever name  they may use to point to that
which   far   transcends their understanding,   power  and
ability to control.

     Are exclusive, pretentious people likely to be people
of integrity?   It seems reasonable to believe that people
who are  less  pretentious  and participating in authentic
dialogue with less pretentious people are more  likely  to
be people of integrity  in  communities  where  honesty is
respected,    encouraged  and  viewed  as   essential   to
meaningful living.

     It  is  dangerous to be impressed by and  to  respect
pretentious people  who lack integrity;  for if we do,  we
will most likely become alienated as they are,  and become
victims   of  their  kinds  of  dis-eases   in   estranged
relationships.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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