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  %ACCEPT RESPECT ACTIVE LISTEN OWN FEELING EMOTION 910201

     Scientists do not have professional grounds on  which
to  accept,   respect or listen to their own feelings  and
emotions.    They  have  not  been trained  to  have  such
grounds;   and  in  fact most of their training  tends  to
undercut  any  intuitive grounds they had as  children  in
terms  of which to accept,  respect or listen to their own
deepest being.

     When  we  do not accept,  respect or listen  to  some
other  person,  there are bound to  be  misunderstandings,
conflicts  and  violence between us and the other  person;
covert  if not overt in character.

     When we  do not accept,  respect or  listen  to  some
aspects   of  our  own  self,   there  are  bound  to   be
misunderstandings,   conflicts  and  violence  within  us;
covert if not overt in character.

     Ignorance regarding  our  own  deepest   experiences,
feelings,    emotions,   fears,   apprehensions,    hopes,
aspirations,   motivations,  etc.   does not form a  solid
foundation  on which to build a system for  wise  decision
making.    No  matter how informed and  sophisticated  the
system  may be in terms of external realities,  it will be
built  on the quick sands of changing  internal  realities
about which we are ignorant.

     If we are ignorant of those aspects of ourselves with
are  most intimately our own,  we are in no position to be
informed about the same kinds of aspects in others; and so
in  no position to actively listen to what others have  to
tell  us  about  themselves.   Thus we  are  bound  to  be
ignorant  about  much  that  would be  essential  to  wise
decision  making  in cooperative ventures  of  all  kinds;
including  ventures within the communities which are  most
compulsively    objective,     analytic,     quantitative,
computational,   etc.    Wise  human  interactions  depend
critically  upon  free flowing information about  what  is
most  intimately characteristic of those who engage in the
interactions.    Any considerations which inhibit openness
and honesty threaten the integrity of the individuals  and
their communities.

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