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 %EXTENSIVE COMMUNAL CONNECTIONS WEAVE FABRIC CLOTH+960323
  %PERSONAL INTEGRITY DIALOGUE EXCOMMUNICATION EVIL+960323
%ALIENATION ESTRANGEMENT MISUNDERSTAND CONFLICT SIN 960323

     In  a  community  where  people  enjoy  personal  and
communal  integrity  there  is  an  extensive  network  of
threads, connections of dialogue,  which weave a fabric of
integrity which holds the community together.

     In  a  geographic region where people  do  not  enjoy
personal  and  communal  integrity there is  no  extensive
network of threads,  connections of dialogue, and so there
is  no  fabric  of integrity and the people are  not  held
together  in trust and cooperation.   In such a geographic
region there is not a true community---because people  are
not being true to themselves and/or to each other.

     When people in a geographic region are not in  cross-
linked  dialogue  patterns which cross  between  different
sub-cultures---those  people  do  not  enjoy personal  and
communal  integrity.     They may be plotting  with  other
people  whom  they regard as trustworthy because they  are
the  same;  not different.   They may be plotting  against
others whom they regard as untrustworthy because they  are
not  the  same;   different.    They may  all  agree  that
conformity is good,  but not agree regarding what standard
of conformity  should be dominant.   They are likely to be
in   conflict  over  issues  of  control  in  regards   to
conformity and non-conformity;  but unlikely to be engaged
in true dialogue with each other about their  own personal
excrescences.   They  are more likely to recite doctrines,
scriptures,  rules,  regulations, laws and commandments---
than  they  are to share their own personal experiences in
open and honest dialogue.   They are likely to  agree that
non-conformists  should  be  excommunicated---and  so   be
unable to  be  in communication with different people with
whom  they  must communicate in order to  survive  on  one
small planet.

     When a significant percentage of the people within  a
"community"    are   not   significant  members   of   the
"community", the "community" is not a true community.  The
more members of a "community"  who fall between the cracks
of  communal significance, participation,  recognition and
inclusion---the  less significant is the "community"   and
the less the members of the "community" enjoy personal and
communal integrity.   This is why it is important for each
community to show concern and consideration for the "least
among  the members of the community."   This does not mean
that such people should be encouraged to be more dependent
upon  others  than  they truly need to be;  i.e.,   to  be
dishonest  in  how they deal with the challenges of  their
lives.   It does mean  that  the  community  cannot  enjoy
communal integrity so long as the community is indifferent
to the health, well-being and integrity of the least among
the members of the community.  It will not always be fully
evident  what  will be the best way  to  promote  personal
integrity  among  the people who show the  least  personal
integrity---but  the community will disintegrate if  there
is indifference in regards to trying to find the best way;
and  if  there is indifference to the suffering  of  those
people  who  have  not found a healthy way  to  deal  with
life's difficulties, problems, dilemmas, and tragedies.

     We  are in real trouble when we have  30,000   bombs,
each  of  which  can  destroy a  major  city  and  can  be
transported  in  a small truck,  but we have not  found  a
healthy way to deal openly  and  honestly  with  our small
planet's difficulties, problems, dilemmas, and tragedies.

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