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  %DIFFERENCE DISINTEGRATIVE IDEALS VALUES ULTIMATE 911212

     One  of  the  greatest challenges to us  is  that  of
discriminating   effectively   between   integrative   and
disintegrative  ideals  and  values.

     Affirmations of integrative/disintegrative ideals and
values   occur   within  a  wide  variety   of   contexts:
religious,    theological,   philosophical,    scientific,
professional,    business,    nationalistic,    addictive,
codependent, family, etc.

     Affirmations of integrative/disintegrative ideals and
values  occur  through a wide variety of media:    verbal,
ritualistic,      traditional,     habitual,     artistic,
militaristic,   corporate,  visual,   musical,   dramatic,
literary, etc.

     Affirmations of integrative/disintegrative ideals and
values  occur overtly,  covertly,  secretly,   coercively,
violently, lovingly, etc.

     Judgements   regarding  the  integrity  or  lack   of
integrity  of affirmations of ideals and values inevitably
are  made  in terms of other affirmations  of  ideals  and
values.   We disintegrate as persons and as communities if
we make our ultimate judgements in terms of disintegrative
ideals  and values.    We need to attend carefully to what
leads  to  our disintegration;  for we may be  victims  of
disintegrative ideals and values whose consequences we try
to ignore.

     To  discover  the disintegrative consequences of  our
imprudently  chosen ideals and values we need to  be  open
and  honest  about how our ideals and values  lead  us  to
decide and act; and open and honest about the consequences
of our  actions.    The  ideal  of  objectivity  is not an
integrative  guide  in  such efforts;  for the  effort  is
essentially  a  reflexive effort.   We need to  be  honest
about the limitations of some of our most cherished ideals
and values; for they do have limited ranges of propriety.

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