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     Some  people become trapped within logical systems of
reason  and  doctrine; because they are not  dedicated  to
checking  their logic,  reason,  doctrines and systematics
against  actual personal experiences.  They  censor  their
experiences if their experiences  do not  conform to their
logic,   reason,  systematics,  and doctrine.   Thus  they
maintain their convictions even when their convictions are
disintegrative of persons and communities.

     It  is  risky  for  people  to fail  to  be  true  to
themselves and to each other about what their own personal
experiences  are.   Dishonesty,    deception, inattention,
neglect,  ignorance and secrecy regarding what  one's  own
personal   experiences  are---can  lead  to  personal  and
communal  disintegration.   No  system  of logic,  reason,
doctrines,   convictions,  beliefs,  religious  teachings,
scientific truths, etc. is great enough to be worth paying
the price of dishonesty, deception, inattention,  neglect,
ignorance  and secrecy  regarding what one's own  personal
experiences are.

     Personal  and communal integrity  can  be  maintained
only  so  long  as there is continual honesty,   openness,
dialogue, conversation, and attention to the relationships
between one's most dearly held logic, reason,  systematics
and  doctrines  on the one hand;   and  one's  most  basic
personal    experiences,    fears,    hopes,    anxieties,
expectations,   tensions,  conflicts,  etc.---shared  with
others  who are different than oneself.  If we  talk  only
with those who are like us, we are likely to be trapped in
the same systematic pattern  of unrecognized mistakes.  It
is those who are different from us,  who are most able  to
help us to recognize our mistakes.

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