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   %LAW COMMAND PRESCRIBE PROSCRIBE TOOL MANIPULATE+951106
   %PROHIBIT RULE LEGISLATE TECHNIQUE KNOWLEDGE SIN 951106

     We  need  to  recognize the following  as  techniques
and/or  tools of unhealthy manipulation as they are  often
used;  but at the same time acknowledge that they are  not
all necessarily  always   techniques   and/or   tools   of
unhealthy manipulation.

     LAWS       COMMANDMENTS      PRESCRIPTIONS

     RULES      LEGISLATION       PROSCRIPTIONS

     TABOOS     EXPECTATIONS      PUNISHMENTS

     PRISONS    ISOLATIONS        CRITICISMS

     In  the  instance  of each of the above  we  need  to
recognize  and  talk  about  the  limits of  what  can  be
achieved through the use of each one as a technique and/or
tool of manipulation.

     For each of  the above we need to recognize  and talk
about  the fact that none of them are worthy of worship as
a focus of ultimate concern and adoration.   None  of them
constitute the ultimate means to salvation.    To make any
of the above the focus of ultimate concern is to engage in
idolatry.

     There  are  many desiderata which can be received  as
gifts, but which cannot be achieved through the use of any
means.     We  need  to  recognize  and  talk  about  such
desiderata  and acknowledge that none of the  above  means
are  means to the achievement of such  desiderata.    Such
desiderata include but are not necessarily limited to:

     SALVATION     LOVE        FRIENDSHIP     HOPE

     INTEGRITY     HONESTY     HEALTH         COMMUNITY

     FAITH         TRUST       FULFILLMENT    SATISFACTION

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