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 %TRAGIC FAIL LEARN DISINTEGRATE META-MISTAKE ERROR 930405

     It is  tragic when we fail to  learn  from  mistakes,
errors, failures, disintegration, etc.

     We  may fail to learn because we do not  see  clearly
enough   all    aspects    of   the   origins/roots     of
catastrophes, mistakes, errors, failures,  disintegration,
etc.  We may assign fault exclusively to an individual who
is     regarded   as   being    imperfect,      defective,
appropriately  blamed,   the  chosen  scape-goat,      the
sacrificial  lamb,    etc.    Such exclusive   assignments
are   likely   to   exclude   the possibility  of learning
as   much   as  might  be  learned   from   occasions   of
disintegration which may be rooted in:

     1.  Disintegrative    ideals,    values,     beliefs,
doctrines, teachings, rituals, traditions, etc. which were
and/or  are  affirmed,   respected,   supported,    and/or
unquestioned.

     2.  A family and/or extended community which was
and/or is collusive, addictive, codependent, technocratic,
dichotomous, etc.

     3.  Individuals who have been  crippled by the  above
kinds of realities; and/or by injuries,  medical diseases,
genetic abnormalities, environmental pollution, radiation,
war, terrorism, use, abuse, tragic relationships, etc.

     4.  Fast revolutionary changes  to which individuals,
families, communities, states, nations, and the world have
not been able to respond wisely in a timely way.

     5.  Environmental  crises whose origins transcend the
realms  of human activities:  climate,  weather,   storms,
plate tectonic activity,  volcanoes,  earthquakes,  meteor
and/or impact, solar flares, etc.

     It is  a meta-mistake to assign fault exclusively  to
any  one  of the above;  for such an exclusive  assignment
is  likely  to  block  learning which  is   essential   to
coping  wisely   with   additional  occasions  of    other
kinds.  Preoccupations with assigning fault,   blame shame
or quiet are rarely integrative in any situation.

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