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  %PURPOSE BEHAVIOR GOAL MEANS ENDS KNOW UNDERSTAND 921226

     It is often good to engage in purpose-full behavior.

     Is it ALWAYS good to engage in purpose-full behavior?
If  it is ALWAYS good to engage in purpose-full  behavior,
then it is NEVER good to engage in purpose-less  behavior;
and when we find ourselves engaging  in (or having engaged
in, or likely to engage in)  purpose-less behavior we will
feel a great need to rationalize  the other-wise  purpose-
less behavior.   The  need  to rationalize may be so great
that  there is no felt  need for  the rationalization  to:
make sense, be honest, have integrity, or be rooted in our
own actual experiences.

     If  it  is  ALWAYS  good to  engage  in  purpose-full
behavior,  then all behavior should be engaged in with  an
intended purpose in mind, a goal, a reason, a logic; which
should exist prior to entering into the behavior. Behavior
should then be controlled by pre-existent purposes, goals,
reasons,  and logic. The behavior should be  chosen  as  a
means  to  fulfill  the   pre-existent  purposes,   goals,
reasons,  and logic---in keeping with an understanding  of
what behaviors will fulfill,  and  what behaviors will not
fulfill.  This requires a high level of knowledge of cause
and effect operating in  complex human relationships which
are essentially reflexive.

     In  the absence of a high level of knowledge of cause
and effect operating in complex  human relationships which
are  essentially  reflexive,  it makes no sense to  always
engage   in  purpose-full  behavior.   How  can  we   with
confidence chose  which  behaviors to engage in to fulfill
our pre-existent purposes, goals,  reasons, and logic---in
the absence  of  such  a  high  level  of   knowledge  and
understanding  suited  to  prediction,   manipulation  and
control?

     If  we ourselves do not know all that we need to know
to always engage in  purpose-full  behavior,  perhaps some
other  persons  are  expert enough to supply our  need  to
know! Maybe we can turn to experts to lead and guide us in
always  engaging in purpose-full behavior.   Perhaps  they
will have good purposes,  goals,  reasons,  and logic upon
which we can rely with complete confidence to guide us  in
our  otherwise  uninformed  ways.  There must  be  experts
available  who will be willing to lead us and save us from
the burden of knowing all that needs to be known to always
engage in purpose-full behavior.  This bears  some careful
consideration!
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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