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%ACKNOWLEDGE DYSFUNCTION BEHAVE BLOCK LEARN MISTAKE 940127

     We cannot enjoy personal and communal integrity if we
do   not   acknowledge   our   capability   of    behaving
dysfunctional in the sense that we block learning from our
mistakes,  refuse to be honest about our mistakes,  and so
repeat our mistakes --- while pretending to be reasonable.
If   we  do not frequently acknowledge  our  dysfunctional
capabilities, we are not likely to acknowledge  fulfilling
our dysfunctional capabilities.

     We  find  it  too  embarrassing  to  learn  from  our
mistakes,  and  so   find it embarrassing to  watch  other
people  learn  from our own mistakes,  and from their  own
mistakes.  Thus we block their learning from our mistakes,
refuse to let others be  honest about  our/their mistakes,
and  so insure that others  and we  repeat  our mistakes -
--   while pretending to  be  reasonable.  Appearing to be
reasonable   becomes    far  more   important   than being
reasonable. Dishonesty becomes our most essential tool. We
fulfill the possibilities of our collusive games of mutual
self deception,  but do not learn from the consequences of
our games, or live fulfilling lives.

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