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 %ABUSE POWER SAFE PLACE REPRODUCE EGG BIRTH BEWARE 960430

     Beware of powerful people who  abuse  their  power in
alienative  ways---and  then blame the  power-less  people
whom they have alienated for the alienation.

     Beware of powerful people who seek to make power-less
people conform in  one way or another---and then blame the
power-less people  for  undermining  the  integrity of the
community.

     Beware  of powerful people who in coercive ways  seek
to promote law and  order---and  then  blame the alienated
criminals who have  rebelled against the  alienative abuse
power.

     Beware of  powerful  people  who  use  their power in
alienative ways to  acquire  more power with  which  to be
coercive  in  efforts  to control those  people  who rebel
against their alienative concentration of power.

     Power    corrupts   and   absolute   power   corrupts
absolutely---for  the process of acquiring absolute  power
is an alienative  process.    Only  alienated  people seek
absolute  power---and in the process of  seeking  absolute
power they further alienate  themselves from the powerless
whom they then blame for the alienation.

     The  use  of  power in  coercive/violent  ways  never
merits  respect---for  such use  is  always  alienative---
leading  to the disintegration of integrative  people  and
communities. Behaviors  which  engender  disintegration do
not merit respect.

     The integrative use  of  power always merits respect.
The  disintegrative  use  of  power  never merits respect.
Beware  of powerful  people who claim they have a monopoly
on  telling the difference between the two ways  of  using
power!   Their behaviors is very telling about their abuse
of power.

     People who use their powers to  promote  personal and
communal  integrity  are  humble peacemakers  who  work to
resolve conflicts  to  the satisfaction  of  all  affected
people---even  though  imperfectly achieving  their goals.
Such peacemakers  are  not arrogant,  rude,   coercive  or
preoccupied  with issues of control.   They merit  respect
and support.

     People who use their powers to try to control people,
circumstances and relationships;    are arrogant conflict-
makers who work to promote and sustain conflicts that lead
towards  personal and communal disintegration to the  loss
of all affected people---even  though they ostensibly seek
to promote conformity to "high" ideals.

     Peace-makers  are  not   preoccupied  with  rules  of
conformity, failures,  sins, judgements, condemnations and
excommunications.

     Conflict-makers  are   preoccupied   with   rules  of
conformity,  failures, sins, judgements, condemnations and
excommunications.

     Healthy people seek to find and create safe places in
which  to raise children in integrative ways;  for only in
such sanctuaries can children grow up to be healthy adults
in healthy communities.   Such safe places are not full of
rules,     conformity,     judgements,      condemnations,
perfectionists or excommunications.

     Beware of  powerful  people who abuse  their power in
alienative  ways---and  then blame the  power-less  people
whom they have alienated for the alienation.

     Beware of powerful people who seek to make power-less
people conform  in one way or another---and then blame the
power-less people for  undermining  the  integrity  of the
community.

     Beware  of powerful people who in coercive ways  seek
to promote law and  order---and  then  blame the alienated
criminals  who have rebelled against the alienative  abuse
of power.

     Beware of  powerful  people  who  use  their power in
alienative ways to  acquire more power  with  which  to be
coercive  in  efforts  to control those  people  who rebel
against their alienative concentration of power.

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