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 %BALANCE POWER SECURITY VULNERABILITY SATISFACTION 910515

     In the  long term viability  of  human  relationships
depends   upon   participants  in  them   cooperating   in
maintaining balance with regards to power,  vulnerability,
security  and satisfaction.   The development of imbalance
is  a threat to the long term viability and  integrity  of
the participants as individuals and as a community.    The
development  of imbalance may appear to be advantageous to
the  one who has "more";  but the appearance is deceiving,
and   part  of  a deception in which  all  may participate
unwittingly.

     Often people  focus attention on rules,  codes,   and
requirements;   rather  than  on  fully  enlightened  self
interest.    There  is  no satisfaction to  be  gained  by
engaging in unbalanced relationships in which the powerful
abuse the weak.   It is more helpful to teach young people
the  facts  about unbalanced relationships than it  is  to
teach  them  thoughtless  obedience of rules,   codes  and
requirements  which the powerful can manipulate  to  their
own  selfish advantage.   When all people  understand  the
dynamics  of  unbalanced  relationships it  will  be  less
likely  that  the powerful will abuse the weak,   than  is
the   case when most people have been  taught  thoughtless
adherence to some  set of rules,   codes or  requirements.
It  is to the selfish   advantage   of  powerful legalists
to    each thoughtless  adherence  to systems  of   rules,
codes  and requirements.

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