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%MULTIPLE ASPECT PERSON SEX SPIRIT SOUL BODY OBJECT+931201
%DOMINATE CONTROL MORAL LAW LEGAL PLEASURE INTIMATE 931201

     We are in many ways composites of the many aspects of
the  being whom we conceive ourselves to be within various
kinds  of relationships  with each other.    We  sometimes
experience our  aspects  as  if  they  were  parts of many
persons with differing dominant  characteristics,  foci of
attention, preoccupations, etc.

     If  the  many  aspects  of  our  beings  are  not  in
cooperation with each  other  in balanced ways then we are
internally  in  conflict among our many  aspects---due  to
unresolved   internalized  conflicts  among  our   ideals,
values, convictions, beliefs, desires, fears, goals, etc.

     Some aspect of our selves may conceive itself  as the
aspect of  our  being  which  should  dominate and control
our whole being and behavior.  Our REASON may believe that
no  emotion  should be trusted on any  occasion  and  that
reason  should  always be in charge.    Our INTELLECT  may
believe that each  problem must  be  analyzed fully before
any  decision  or action is finalized.    Our  AFFECT  may
insist  that reason and intellect not stand in the way  of
open and honest expressions of hopes,  needs and  desires.
In like manner each other aspect of our being may maneuver
to  take  complete  charge  of our whole  being,   and  be
unwilling  to share power with other aspects of our  being
who we are as a whole.

     Whenever  any incomplete aspect of our being  insists
on playing the dominate role in our being who we are, then
we  are bound to be torn by internal unresolved conflicts;
and the various aspects  of  our being  will  be unable to
cooperate  with  integrity and we will  not  enjoy  either
personal or communal integrity.

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