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    %DISEASE RESPONSE IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOGNIZE AGENT+960101
 %BACTERIA MOLDS VIRUS DYSFUNCTIONAL DISINTEGRATIVE+960101
  %IDEALS VALUES ATTITUDES INJUNCTIONS COMMANDMENTS+960101
   %JUDGEMENTS CONDEMNATIONS REJECTIONS ACCEPT LOVE 960101

     It  is helpful to recognize that the natural  pattern
by which organisms deal with physiological  diseases   can
be adapted to  dealing with diseases such as addiction and
codependence  where there are no objective "agents"  which
"cause" the disease.

     In physiological diseases the agents which cause  the
disease   are  tiny  micro-organisms  such  as   bacteria,
viruses,   molds  and  prions whose  presence  within  the
diseased  organism  upsets the integrative functioning  of
the  larger organism. In  the  instance  of  non-objective
diseases such  as addiction  and  codependence it  is non-
objective  agents which occasion the disease;  e.g.,  non-
objective agents such as disintegrative/dysfunctional:

     IDEAS             IDEALS            VALUES

     ATTITUDES         INJUNCTIONS       COMMANDMENTS

     JUDGEMENTS        CONDEMNATIONS     REJECTIONS

     To  deal effectively with diseases such as  addiction
and  codependence  it  is necessary to  develop  responses
which  depend upon clear recognition of the threats  posed
by   the  various  non-objective  agents  such  as   those
suggested  above.    It is essential that the  recognition
process be accurate and properly discriminate between  the
disintegrative/dysfunctional  agents  on the one hand  and
other  similar  agents which  are  integrative/functional;
e.g., non-objective agents such as:

     TRUTH              HONESTY           LOVE

     RECONCILIATION     FORGIVENESS       AUTHENTICITY

     RESPONSIVENESS     OPENNESS          SIMPLICITY

     The challenge is in making the discrimination between
the integrative/functional agents and others which seek to
appear  to  be integrative/functional  to  circumvent  the
healthy response to their presence.   The  disintegrative/
dysfunctional  agents use deception/dishonesty as a  means
to achieve their purpose which entails the  disintegration
of  their "host"---without the invitation of  the  "host".
This  is  similar  to the ways  of  physiological  disease
agents.    Effective responses are likely to be similar in
some ways to the pattern of responses of the physiological
immune system.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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