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     %COMMUNAL HEALTH SICK ADDICTION INTEGRITY LOVE 940327

     The  level   of   communal  integrity/health  or   of
sickness/addiction  of  a person/society is  indicated  by
what is accepted as normal or rejected as abnormal:

Is   alienation  accepted as normal---and  true   intimacy
regarded   as   reasonable   grounds  for  suspicions   of
impropriety?

Is  it regarded as more reasonable to  be  suspicious---or
more reasonable to be trusting?

     Are openness  and honesty rejected  as  non-conformal
threats  to  respected collusions---and demonstrations  of
deceptive skills as signs of respectable conformity to the
rules of collusive games of mutual self deception?

     Is true  creativity  regarded as  fearful---and  dull
conformity as worthy of respect?

     Are  people  who  preach  certainty   without   doubt
respected---while  people  who  acknowledge  and  describe
complex relationships are not respected?

     Is  defensiveness  regarded  as  a  way  to   achieve
security---or as a sign of the existence of insecurity?

     Is vulnerability regarded  as  a precondition to true
security---or as a sign of insecurity?

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