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    %EVIL KILL TRUTH TRUE MESSENGER REPRESS HONESTY+941123
   %RATE CHANGE ACCELERATE VELOCITY POSITION GROWTH+941123
     %DECAY EXPONENTIAL GEOMETRIC CALCULUS JUDGMENT 941123

     Often we are more preoccupied with static standards o
f good and evil, than we are with recognizing  what  makes
for  degeneration/integration on the one  hand;  and  what
makes   for  generation of integration on the  other hand.
The latter requires profound dynamic  wisdom.   The former
encourages simplistic static foolishness.

     Most people have great difficulty transcending  their
traditional simplistic  pre-conceptions  about velocities,
accelerations, and forces.   Thus,  they cannot understand
how  Newton's  Laws  of Motion describe  the  behavior  of
objects which continue in motion in some circumstances and
come  to rest and remain at rest in  other  circumstances.
The  key to such understanding rests in understanding  the
first and second order derivatives of calculus.

     It is not where-something-is that  needs  to  the the
focus   of  attention.    It is not merely how  fast  some
changeable thing is changing (speed) which needs to be the
focus  of  attention.  It is  essential  to   be  able  to
describe   both   how   fast  some  changeable  thing   is
changing (speed)  AND ALSO to be able to describe how fast
the rate of change is changing---the acceleration.

     In the realm of objects moving through space not only
is  it  essential  to  be  able  to  describe  speed   and
acceleration with regards to objects moving along straight
lines.     It  is  also essential to be able  to  describe
velocities and accelerations in  three dimensional motions
using VECTORS.   Thus an understanding of NEWTON'S LAWS OF
MOTION  requires an understanding of the foreign  language
of VECTOR CALCULUS.

     In  the realm of reflexive human relationships it  is
not  how  well a person measures up  against  some  static
standard for passing judgments of good and evil---which is
important.    Such  static judgments correspond to  simple
linear positions along a straight line in the instance  of
Newton's  Laws  of  Motion.    Passing  such  static   and
alienative judgments is an incredibly simplistic  response
to   reflexive  human  relationships.    Such   simplistic
alienative judgments and related  condemnations are  often
made  by people  who cannot conceive of the possibility of
vector  velocities  and  accelerations  in  the  objective
realm, and  much  less can  they conceive of corresponding
descriptions of rates of  change in the reflexive realm of
real human relationships.

     To  understand  evil we need to be able  to  describe
VECTOR  "VELOCITIES"   and "ACCELERATIONS"  in regards  to
rates of  change in reflexive human relationships.   There
are many more than  three dimensions to changing reflexive
human  relationships---so  any  adequate  description   of
changing   reflexive  human  relationships  must   include
recognitions  of  the  various important aspects  of  each
reflexive human relationship; the various "components" and
how they are changing and accelerating.

     Alienative   relationships   tend  to   promote   the
development of even more alienative relationships.

     Integrative   relationships   tend  to  promote   the
development of even more integrative relationships.

     People  who are familiar with the meanings which  can
be  conveyed  through  the  language  of   calculus   will
understand that  the previous two statements point clearly
to  the  tendency  for  exponential/geometric  growth   in
alienation (evil)  and integration (love) within reflexive
human relationships.

     We  need to be focusing our attention upon what makes
for exponential/geometric growth in alienation (evil)  and
integration  (love)   in reflexive human  relationships---
rather  than upon static standards for  making  simplistic
judgments regarding who merits rejection (alienation)  and
who merits acceptance because people are "good"  according
to static standards of  conformity.   Our  making  of such
simplistic   judgments   is   ALWAYS   ALIENATIVE.     Our
conditional   acceptance  of  people  into  dialogue   and
community is alienative just as much as is our conditional
rejection  (alienation)   of  people who do not  meet  our
conformal  standards.    In both instances  our  conformal
standards for passing judgments and imposing condemnations
are standards which are being worshipped as idols.

     Respecting  conformal standards for deciding whom  to
judge    and   condemn  is  alienative,   and   leads   to
acceleration in the direction of disintegration.  The rush
toward disintegration  is not only fast,  it is at a  rate
which becomes faster and faster in proportion to how  fast
it is.  It is the acceleration toward disintegration which
we need to become aware  of---and to take steps to promote
an acceleration toward integration.  (See the next essay.)

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