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  %AFFECTIVE AFFIRMATION COGNITIVE INTEGRITY HONEST 910401

     Affective  and cognitive affirmations may be  related
to each other,   yet be different from each other.   It is
important  to  acknowledge the appropriate role  of  each,
and yet  not confuse them with each other.

     In   some   instances   we  may  offer  a   cognitive
affirmation which   is   recognizably   parallel   to   an
affective  affirmation;   e.g.,   cognitively saying  that
some  value is an  important value might be recognized  as
being  parallel to that embodying value within an intimate
relationship.

     In   some   instances   we  may  offer  an  affective
affirmation which  is  recognizably parallel to  cognitive
statement. Translating  an  affective affirmation  into  a
cognitive  statement  and  then back will not  necessarily
yield  the original  affective affirmation.  Translating a
cognitive  affirmation  into an affective affirmation  and
then  back will  not  necessarily  yield  the  original  3
cognitive statement.

     Cognitive  affirmations  usually  take  the  form  of
cognitive  statements.    Affective affirmations  are  not
statements   in the same sense that cognitive affirmations
are  statements.   Each    affirmation  has   its   unique
character   which   is different  from  the  character  of
other  affirmations;     yet the  import of  one  kind  of
affirmation may be parallel  to the import of another kind
of affirmation.

     Often   affirmations   have   to   do   with   trust,
worth,    importance,     caring,     value,     interest,
support   and attention.

     An affective  affirmation may elicit trust  in  a way
which i parallel to a cognitive statement about trust.

     An affective affirmation  may  affirm the  worth of a
person and  personal  relationships  with the  person---in
a   way  which is parallel to a cognitive statement  about
the worth of them.

     An    affective    affirmation  may  point   to   the
importance   of  aspects  of personal relationships  which
are difficult  to put into words in any convincing way.

     An affective affirmation  may  demonstrate care which
cannot be stated effectively in a cognitive way.

     A  cognitive statement  may state the relative values
which  are placed upon competitive considerations  with  a
clarity   which   cannot  be  offered  through   affective
affirmations.

     An    affective   affirmation  may   demonstrate   an
interest  in  some  reality  which  cannot be convincingly
affirmed  in cognitive statements.

     The  affective support of a personal presence may  be
far  more   convincing   than   cognitive  statements   of
intended support.

     It    is    not   as   easy   to   be   dishonest  in
affective affirmations,   as it is easy to be dishonest in
cognitive statements.  Thus people are appropriately  less
inclined  to  take  cognitive  statements at "face  value"
because   how  honest  the  statements   are   cannot   be
read  from   the appearance of their "face".

     Affective   manipulation  is more  easily  recognized
than  is cognitive manipulation.   Affective  affirmations
entail the vulnerability  of  intimacy,    while cognitive
affirmations may be made from a safe distance.   Cognitive
affirmations may  not involve mutual vulnerability between
persons   who  participate in the  communication.   People
often  participate  more  intimately with  each  other  in
affective affirmations, than in cognitive statements which
are  often  broadcast  and received  across  a  separating
distance.

     Affective affirmations  are interpreted by  an  older
part of  the   mental    processes   than  are   cognitive
affirmations.  Affective affirmations relate intimately to
emotions   such as  fear,   endearment,   apprehension and
love.       Cognitive   affirmations    may    relate   to
intellectual   considerations which  are nearly devoid  of
emotional   aspects   much  of   the   time.       Logical
considerations    do   not   always     elicit   emotional
responses;  but may do so when the considerations indicate
consequences which are of personal concern.

     For  members  of a community to enjoy  both  personal
and  communal   integrity,    they  must  understand  with
integrity   each    other's    affective   and   cognitive
affirmations;     and feel  that it is safe to trust  such
affirmations  as  being reliable in parallel ways.    When
affirmations  appear  to  be contrary   to   each   other,
insecurity    and   apprehension  follow;     and  disease
follows  in  the sense of not being at ease   and  in  the
sense  of illnesses which are the  natural consequences in
disintegrative ways.

     Affective  and cognitive affirmations may be  related
to each other,   yet be different from each other.   It is
important  to   acknowledge  the appropriate role of  each
and yet  not confuse them with each other.

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