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    %FORBID UNKNOWN EXPERIENCE PRESUMTUOUS ARROGANT+951024
    %PARANOID TENSION VIOLENCE ABSENT LOVE EVIL SIN 951024

     In  the absence of nurturing and supportive love  our
fears are bound to motivate us to try to avoid and prevent
unknown   experiences---but  not  necessarily  wisely   or
prudently.

     Fearful  avoidance  and  prevention  perpetuate   and
expand  the  lack  and the ignorance upon which  they  are
founded;    so   such   avoidance  and   prevention   grow
exponentially   along   with  many  forms  of   arrogance,
presumptuousness, paranoia, tension and violence.

     To  promote both personal and communal  integrity  we
need  to  seek to understand how such enemies of  personal
and  communal  integrity are  inter-related  and  mutually
"supportive".

     Wisdom  and prudence are based upon reliable  reports
of actual  personal   experiences.     Wise   and  prudent
generalizations  are based upon reliable personal  reports
of  real  personal experiences---not upon unhealthy  fears
which   have  grown  in  the  absence  of  nurturing   and
supportive love.

     Commandments,  prohibitions, proscriptions and taboos
which  are based upon fearful ignorance usually  undermine
learning from any kinds of experiences.   We need to learn
how to recognize and transcend commandments, prohibitions,
proscriptions  and  taboos  which are based  upon  fearful
ignorance---for  they  are  misleading and not  worthy  of
respect or support.

     Unhealthy fears do not help us to recognize their own
origins  in  the  absence of:  love,   support,   nurture,
encouragement,  courage,  knowledge,  learning,  and clear
thinking.  To recover our health and deal wisely with real
threats  to our personal and communal integrity---we  need
to seek to transcend our unhealthy fears,  rather than let
ourselves be mis-guided by them.

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