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%PROPHET SPEAK TRUTH ADDICTIVE DISHONEST POWER LOVE 920728

     When  society has become an addict there is need  for
courageous  prophets  who  are willing and able  to "Speak
Truth to  Power" as suggested in a pamphlet by  that  name
and distributed by the American  Friends Service Committee
in the late 1950's and early 1960's.

     The thing which people addicted to  covert  power-to-
control  fear  most,   is  to have their dishonesty  truly
exposed in ways which all the people can see and  believe.
The  true  exposure  of their covert  collusive  games  of
mutual self deception may lead to the loss of support from
their  supportive codependents.  Then the powerful leaders
would  have to function as overt dictators with a  smaller
base of support. It is much better to continue to play the
collusive  games  of mutual self deception;  and so it  is
that many prophets have been crucified in the interests of
keeping in power the addictive leaders.

     It is dangerous to permit the prophets of Love, Power
and  Justice  to  sow  the seeds  of  the  Gospel  without
effectively discrediting their message by discrediting the
prophets.   The prophets must be shown to be without  real
power by  debilitating  them,   and  so  scattering  their
followers  so  that  the  followers do not behave  in  any
coherent  way.  The followers must  lose  faith  in  their
prophets; and lose faith in the Gospel of Love,  Power and
Justice  which  the true prophets  preach.   This  is best
accomplished through the assistance of collusive games  of
mutual  self  deception;   and only  occasionally  through
crucifixions.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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