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     Most  human growth,  change and politics pertains  to
the boundaries  between  that  which  is perceive as being
good,   and  that which is perceived as being bad;   e.g.,
good/evil,    joy/pain,  healthy/unhealthy,   right/wrong,
creative/destructive, etc.

     Many   conflicts   pertain   to   artificial    human
dichotomies  according     to    which    the    ambiguous
boundaries    in multidimensional realities become  points
on one dimensions lines.    Opponents  in  conflicts  take
up  their  battle stations  at  various  narrowly  defined
point  along  the dichotomous lines.    Human virtues  are
often  measured   by  how far  combatants  are  from  what
they  perceive  to   be   the unambiguous boundary between
good and evil.

     People  who have eaten much of the fruit of the  tree
of the   knowledge   of   good  and  evil---often proclaim
with  fanatical conviction exactly  where in their clearly
defined linear   space   is   the  exact  boundary between
being   an  acceptable   person   and  being  a   properly
rejected  person. They  object strenuously to other people
who   give   careful and  extended  consideration  to  the
structure  of  complex human  relationships  which promote
personal  and  communal integrity.    They treat good/evil
as      objective      realities which can be  known  with
certainty   as   classical   scientists described  without
Heisenberg's  uncertainty---the   inevitable  consequences
of particular decisions and actions.     They work hard to
banish doubt,   ambiguity,   uncertainty  and chaos to the
realms of hell---and  through their efforts  generate much
alienation,    misunderstanding and ignorance which   feed
evil    human  relationships.     They  seek  to   prevent
creative  people  from approaching any of  the  boundaries
between  being an  acceptable person and being a  properly
rejected   person  who is excluded from  open  and  honest
dialogue.

     To  the  extent that dichotomous people dominate  our
assumptions,    experiences,   perceptions,     attitudes,
beliefs and  communications---to  that extent the creative
people among  us   will find  it  exceedingly difficult to
shed   any clear  light  upon our dilemmas  and  technical
problems  ---  to reveal to us how we may  avoid repeating
many of the tragic mistakes which  have  already been made
many  times  over,  with disintegrative consequences to us
and our communities.

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