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  %NEGATORIES PRIORITIES REPRESS NEGLECT LAST FIRST 930318

     Priorities  are  the  first focus of attention and we
have a word to talk about those concerns which come first.

     When we do not have a word for some reality, we often
neglect to focus attention upon the wordless reality.

     We do not have  a  word  for  those concerns which we
systematically neglect; suppose we call them "negatories",
the  neglected  realities  just as  "priorities"   are the
realities  upon  which  we  focus  attention  "prior"   to
focusing attention upon other realities.

     Priorities are  concerns of major importance  and  we
focus  attention upon them first because they are of major
importance; or they must be done first so other things may
be  done  later.   We dig a hole before  building basement
walls.   Holes  are  not necessarily more  important  that
roofs.

     Negatories  are distinctive in that we  neglect  them
for  a  reason.   They are distinguished by the  kinds  of
reasons  for which we neglect them.   Negatories are often
of  great importance;  but we neglect them compulsively at
our peril.

     The reasons for which we neglect negatories  are  not
good  reasons;   they are very foolish,  stupid,  and even
tragic  reasons.     The  reasons  for  which  we  neglect
negatories   are   often  collusive  reasons   which  hide
themselves within the perverse dynamics of our collusions.
We  do not recognize our negatories for collusive reasons.
Our negatories are neglected for collusive  reasons.    We
disintegrate  because we neglect to give attention  to our
negatories.

     Through  neglect of our negatories we  are  seriously
out of balance,  and often get caught off balance,  unable
to respond in balanced  ways to threats  to our integrity.
Negatories are important realities which we neglect in how
we respond to the realities of our lives.  We pretend that
they  do  not  exist.    Our  response  to  negatories are
dishonest responses  because  our responses  to  them  are
collusive.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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