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%SYSTEMIC PATTERN REPRESS REFLEXIVE AWARENESS LEARN 941015

     The  repression  of  reflexive  awareness,   insight,
understanding,  learning and wisdom occurs in a  multitude
of   ways which form a perversely coherent pattern.     To
transcend the repression of reflexive awareness we need to
recognize  the importance of both the perversely  coherent
pattern  which empowers the process  of repression through
perverse  cooperation,  and the various individual aspects
of  the  pattern  which contribute  elements  of  perverse
strength to the pattern.

     We  need  to deal both with the perverse strength  of
the systemic pattern of repression,  and with the perverse
strength of individual elements in the pattern.

     Some of the elements in the pattern of the repression
of reflexive awareness,  insight, understanding,  learning
and wisdom INCLUDE:

     1.  Taboos,  prohibitions,  proscriptions,   informal
rules,   and threats of punishment which lead us to  AVOID
SITUATIONS  WHERE WE MIGHT BECOME INVOLVED in  experiences
which  would  generate  reflexive  awareness,    insights,
understanding,  learning and wisdom.   Lines are drawn  in
the sands of  our  lives.   Such lines serve as boundaries
which we feel we must not, can not, and dare not cross. To
cross those boundaries would be to  risk the great dangers
inherent in reflexive experiences. We know very little of,
and   fear  greatly  such  experiences  because   of   our
ignorance. We fear the transcendence of our ignorance, for
we  are  driven by our fears,  and see no way to  hope  to
become free of our fears.

     2.  When the  AVOIDANCE  stratagem  fails we may have
some   disturbing   reflexive  experiences,    and   other
stratagems  become  essential  to  protect us against  the
risks  inherent  in  transcending  the security  of  total
objectivity. We may be OVERWHELMED BY THE TERROR of having
violated   the:   taboos,   prohibitions,   proscriptions,
informal  rules and communal expectations.  Our  reflexive
experiences  may be dominated by such terror,  leaving  us
imprisoned  in the terror and  so  unable   to  experience
anything we are involved in apart from such terror.  Under
such circumstances we cannot  distinguish between patterns
of natural cause  and effect  relationships---on  the  one
hand;   and  collusive patterns   of   humanly   contrived
dishonest  threats, punishments, rewards and promotions---
on the other hand.

     3.  If  we  get  past the  AVOIDANCE  and  TERROR  of
forbidden  reflexive experiences;  then  we may become the
victims  of  FORGETFULNESS and CONFUSION so that we cannot
deal wisely with our  reflexive experiences in retrospect.
If  we remember  the  TERROR we are likely to  forget  all
other aspects of our reflexive experience, or else be very
confused about  all the other  aspects  of  the  reflexive
experience.    Under such circumstances we cannot honestly
learn  from  our  reflexive  experiences,  and  we  cannot
honestly profit from mistakes made by ourselves or others.

     4.  If we get past AVOIDANCE,  TERROR, FORGETFULNESS,
and CONFUSION, then we are likely to become victims of RE-
INTERPRETATIONS.   The expressions of the lessons  learned
in the light of our reflexive experiences may be gradually
changed, so as to revise  the meanings which  are given to
those  expressions  and  gradually  the  meanings   become
reversed and misleading.   The New Testament gradually  is
re-interpreted  to be a re-affirmation of  all of the LAWS
in the Old Testament.

     5.  If we get past AVOIDANCE,  TERROR, FORGETFULNESS,
CONFUSION   and   RE-INTERPRETATIONS,   then  we  may   be
confronted   with   ADDICTIVE/CODEPENDENT    manipulations
whereby  expressions of true and clear wisdom are made  to
be HERETICAL.   The expression of any truths about our own
reflexive  experiences  may be repressed---if we have  NOT
AVOIDED them,  NOT BEEN TERRORIZED by them,  NOT FORGOTTEN
them,   NOT BEEN CONFUSED in them,  and NOT RE-INTERPRETED
them.  Collusions cannot survive in the presence of people
of  integrity  who openly and honestly express the  truths
which  they  know about their own  reflexive  experiences.
Thus  addictive/codependent organizations and  communities
repress   honest   expressions   of   personal   reflexive
experiences,  and insist that all expressions be dominated
by   taboos,   prohibitions,   proscriptions,     informal
rules,   and threats of punishment which lead us to  AVOID
SITUATIONS  WHERE WE MIGHT BECOME INVOLVED in  experiences
which  would  generate  reflexive  awareness,    insights,
understanding, learning and wisdom.

     The   cycles  of  repression,   avoidance,    terror,
forgetfulness,  confusion, re-interpretation,  and silence
run    through   many   variations,    permutations    and
combinations---which  lead  round  and  round  inside  our
Gordian knots and keep us away from the real world of open
and  honest  relationships of intimate  understanding  and
cooperation.

     We cannot  transcend  the limitations of  our Gordian
Knots unless  we  recognize and deal with the strengths of
the  elements  of our Gordian Knots and the ways in  which
the    elements   are   systemically   combined   in   our
dysfunctional  communities and personalities---to imprison
us so we cannot visit each  other  openly  and honestly in
intimate relationships which are honest and  wise,  rather
than imprisoning.

     None  of our collusions,  addictions  or  codependent
patterns of support are God.   If we think any of them are
God---we are repressing God,  avoiding God,  terrorized by
false gods,   forgetful of God,  confused about God,   re-
interpreting truths about God and/or silent about God.

     Keepers of  collusions  and of  repressive paradigms,
addictions and  patterns of codependent support thereof---
will be intolerant of  even hints of weak support thereof.
Any  crack  through  which  light,   insight,   truth  and
creativity   might  leak---must  promptly  be  plugged  to
protect the  dishonesty  of our collusive  and  repressive
paradigms. Their "integrity"  is based upon dishonesty and
they  will  crumble  in the presence of  open  and  honest
dialogue   among   people  about   their   own   reflexive
experiences,  awareness, insights, understanding, learning
and wisdom.  Such honest dialogue cannot be tolerated.

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