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%MYSTERY INTEGRITY PREDICT POSSIBLE CONTROL CONFORM 910211

     There is an essential mystery in people of integrity.
Their behavior is not determined by a system of rules, and
so   their  behavior  is  not predictable  and  cannot  be
controlled. People with integrity  do not react to stimuli
according to a systematic prescription;  e.g.,   according
to   rules, regulations,  requirements, expectations, etc.
Because  they  do not react with  predictable  regularity,
they  cannot be manipulated through the careful choice  of
stimuli.

     That which is essentially mysterious defies  complete
analysis   and   prediction;   and  does  not   yield   to
reductionistic    analysis  or  conform  to  expectations.
The  mystery of integrity is not the mystery of ignorance.
The   mystery  of  ignorance  is  dispelled  through   the
acquitting of missing knowledge.  The mystery of integrity
is  not  dispelled  regardless of how  much  knowledge  is
acquired, because its essence is not ignorance.

     Because  integrity  involves  essential  mystery   it
cannot be  prescribed.    People cannot achieve  integrity
by  any form of conformity;   so all calls for  conformity
will  fail  to  lead  the  way  to  personal  or  communal
integrity.    People  cannot    achieve    integrity    by
conforming   to   some prescription.

     People and  communities cannot achieve  integrity  by
conforming  themselves  to some specifications which  have
come  into existence without regard for the unique  beings
and circumstances of the people themselves.  Conformity to
specifications  which are indifferent  to  one's own  true
nature does  not  lead  to personal or communal integrity.
Because every person is unique,  there can be no  reliable
prescription  as  to   the road to personal  and  communal
integrity, even though some comments may be made regarding
the nature of the way,  and some  signs may be given which
will suggest when  the  way has been lost.

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