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    %SALVATION LIBERAL THREAT ABANDON ADDICT REJECT 930503

     Our  salvation  rests  in  our  liberation  from  our
experiences of threats of total abandonment.

     In salvation we learn that:

     Our freedom from the threat of total abandonment does
not  depend upon who we are,  who we appear to be,  who we
try to control; or upon what we do,  fail to do,  believe,
fail to believe,  experience,  perceive, understand, know,
feel, think, want, or desire.

     We can safely rest  from  our disintegrative fears of
the possibility of total abandonment.

     People who are truly near,  dear and important to  us
will stay with us through thick and thin,  through success
and  failure,   through  confidence  and  doubt,   through
fulfillment of expectations,  and through our unique  non-
conformity.

     We do not have to do violence to our unique integrity
to assure that we will not be abandoned by true friends.

     True  faith  is  not  achieved by  trying  to believe
statements that run counter to our own unique experiences.

     There are healthy people near and dear to us who will
not  totally  abandon  us in response to any of  their own
desires, ideals, duties, responsibilities or inclinations.

     There  are  healthy  people  who  are  committed   to
providing for us a  healthy context where we can be safely
vulnerable.

     Our parents were imperfect,  had limitations and were
victims---just as we are.

     It   is   o.k.   for  us to   accept   our   parents'
imperfections, limitations, and victim nature.

     God who created the universe is not  going to abandon
us  as did our imperfect parents who were not there for us
when we needed them most.

     It is safe to stop pretending to  be  something other
than who we really are.

     We can be true to ourselves and  others in the secure
knowledge  that we will not be abandoned when we are  true
to ourselves and others.

     We do not have  to  be  dishonest or violent to avoid
abandonment.

     We  cannot  achieve  our  own  salvation  through any
pattern of conformity, works, beliefs, doctrines, rituals,
technologies, fixes, avoidances, ignorance, pretending, or
dishonesty.

     We cannot  achieve  our  own  salvation  through  any
pattern  of  efforts  to  deceive,   control,  manipulate,
influence or  otherwise  get people or God to  conform  to
fulfill our wishes, desires or needs.

     Salvation  is  a  gift  which is given  to  us freely
without  conditions,   that  we  receive  freely   without
conditions,  and that  we  offer/give to each other freely
without conditions.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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