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%TRANSCEND VIOLENT CONFLICT BLOCK BRIDGE PEACE LOVE 950904

     To  reduce disintegrative violence we need to work to
transcend  all blockages to open and honest  dialogue---by
transforming  all  the blockages into bridges to open  and
honest   dialogue.    Each  occasion  of  blockage  is  an
opportunity  to  build  a  bridge;  and  so  to  transform
conditions  which  are  ripe  for  violent  conflict  into
opportunities for integrative friendships.

     To be blessed peacemakers we need to recognize, name,
describe, clarify, clearly articulate, talk about,  and be
in dialogue regarding the roots of our violent conflicts.

     Our violent conflicts are often

           Rooted in conflicting:

     ASSUMPTIONS          PERCEPTIONS        TRADITIONS

     IDEALS               VALUES             GOALS

     PRINCIPLES           PRINCIPALS         LEADERS

     BELIEFS              CONVICTIONS        PARADIGMS

     Which are themselves rooted within:

     INDIVIDUALS          FAMILIES           CHURCHES

     CONGREGATIONS        SYNAGOGUES           FELLOWSHIPS

     CITIES               STATES             NATIONS

     NEIGHBORHOODS        PROFESSIONS        ORGANIZATIONS

     Convicts   can  exist  internally  within  individual
persons and communities viewed as whole entities.

     Conflicts  can  also  exist between  individuals  and
communities viewed as individual entities in relationships
with each other.

     What  is  the  best ways  to  transcend  conflicts---
depends upon the natures of the  participants  and how the
participants  in  conflicts and the blockages to open  and
honest dialogue.

     If we seek to minimize the appearance of conflict  we
are bound to seek to repress, suppress and punish open and
honest  dialogue regarding conflicts which are  present---
and   so  create  blockages  which  will  promote  violent
conflict.

     To  transcend violent conflicts we must  deal  openly
and honestly with instances of conflict and with the roots
of  instances of conflict---to resolve the  conflicts  and
avoid   feeding   the  roots  of   conflicts---before   in
frustration people become violent in trying to win battles
over  those  whom  they  perceive to  be  evil,   enemies,
untrustworthy,  and as appropriate sacrifices  to  appease
the gods of conflict and violence.

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