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%COMMUNAL PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL IDEAL VALUE PRINCIPLE 951123

     Within    communities   which   are   dominated    by
individualistic  conceptions and narrow personal  concerns
it may be  difficult for the members to conceive of,  much
less conceive:  ideals,  values  and  principles which are
essentially communal in character.   Such communities  are
apparently  no  more  than the arithmetic sum of  all  the
individuals  who  are present within the geographic  area.
There is apparently nothing which is essentially communal.

     Healthy  individuals  are  born  in  and  raised   by
communities.     Unhealthy individuals are often  born  in
isolation and grow up in isolation; alienated from healthy
communities.   Such unhealthy individuals are not familiar
with  true communities and cannot in  isolation/alienation
conceive  true communities nor recognize their lack  of  a
true community.

     In  a  true community there are  healthy  traditions,
patterns  of  communication  and  rituals which  transcend
individualistic concerns, preoccupations and technologies.
Such  healthy traditions,  patterns of  communication  and
rituals  are  not  merely  means  to  the  fulfillment  of
individualistic  goals,  ideals,  values,  principles  and
desires.

     A mere collection of individuals in a geographic area
does  not  make a community.   Such a collected  group  of
individuals   will  need  to  intentionally  cooperate  to
conceive   a   true  community  which   transcends   their
individualistic concerns, preoccupations and technologies.

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