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%ADDICT CONFUSED REJECTION OPPOSITE APPEARANCE EVIL 950517

     Often  what we reject is opposite of what we think we
are rejecting.  So also,  often what we accept is opposite
of what we think we are accepting.

     When we are confused about the  essential  natures of
the   realities   which  confront  us---we  have  no  firm
ground  upon  which to decide what to reject and  what  to
accept.

     When   we  are  collusive  addicts  and   codependent
supporters---we     confuse    truth    with    falsehood,
appearances with  realities,  and clarity with confusion--
-and  have  no firm  ground upon which to decide  what  to
reject and  what to accept.

     When  we  are so confused we are likely  to  take  as
being     absolutely    reliable---certain     statements,
injunctions  and commandments---which are  not related  in
any   way  to  any specific   human  experiences.     Such
statements   are  often dishonestly made as if  they  were
generalizations  which are ostensibly   based  upon a wide
range   of  specific  human experiences---when  they   are
not   so based,  and are never justified  in  terms  of  a
wide range  of  specific  human experiences.

     When  we  are confused we often do not want to  admit
that we are confused,  and we compensate for our confusion
with  arrogant appearances of a false sense of  certainty.
Such   confusion,      compensation,      arrogance    and
dishonest  appearances do not help us to recover from  our
confusion.   Instead  they  make  it more difficult for us
to    find   a  reliable   ground   upon  which  to   make
decisions    regarding  what  we   can  (with   continuing
integrity)   reject,   and what we  can  (with  continuing
integrity) accept.

     If  we  are  so confused that  we  reject  true  love
(because    true  love  threatens  our   dishonest   sense
of security)  we  cannot  make  wise decisions about  what
to accept and what to reject.

     If  we  are so confused that we  accept  addicts  and
their  codependent  supporters  as  God's  true   prophets
(because  they  wear  respectable masks and  vestments) we
cannot  make wise decisions about what to accept and  what
to reject.

     If we reject the promptings of the Holy Spirit to  be
true  to ourselves and each other---we cannot accept God's
forgiveness   for   our  past  mistakes,   confusion   and
alienative  deeds;    and in the nature of the  cosmos  we
cannot be forced to accept God's forgiveness for our  past
mistakes, confusion and alienative deeds.

     Often  what we reject---is opposite of what we  think
we  are rejecting.    So also,  often what we  accept---is
opposite of what we think we are accepting.

     When we are confused about the  essential  natures of
the   realities   which  confront  us---we  have  no  firm
ground  upon  which to decide what to reject and  what  to
accept.

     When   we  are  collusive  addicts  and   codependent
supporters---we    confuse    truth    with     falsehood,
appearances with  realities,  and clarity with confusion--
-and  have  no firm  ground upon which to decide  what  to
reject and  what to accept.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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