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 %RELIEVE SUFFERING PREVENT ADDICT CODEPENDENT EVIL+940913
 %TRAGEDY MISFORTUNE LEARNING HONESTY HUMILITY LOVE 940913

     It  is  natural  and  healthy to  desire  to  relieve
suffering; and to extend that desire to seeking to prevent
suffering.   However,  such desires can lead to  perverted
and  tragic  actions.    If we are  unaware  of  how  such
perversions  occur we are more likely to create/experience
them than if we are aware of how such perversions occur.

     The   desire  to prevent suffering can  slowly   turn
into  the  desire  to  control  other  people's  thoughts,
feelings, decisions and actions---and so to behave in ways
which  cause   that   which we were  seeking  to  prevent.
Trying   to control other people  encourages  them  to  be
dishonest and so  undermines  learning on their part,  and
is a sign of  a lack of humility on the part of those  who
are trying to be in control.   People who are trying to be
in  control (because  they  lack humility) are unlikely to
learn from their own mistakes.

     We  need  to be careful when we are moved to  try  to
prevent suffering.  It is a risky business!

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