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     %INSTINCT SELF PRESERVATION IDENTITY INTEGRITY 960520

     Through evolution we have evolved to be creatures who
through  instinct seek to preserve self through  defensive
maneuvers.    It  is important on occasion  to  recognize,
name, describe and talk about just what it is that is most
important to preserve.  What can we prudently sacrifice in
the effort to preserve what is most important?  How are we
to  set  our  priorities  in  best  fulfilling  our  self-
preservation instincts?

1.  Reputations and good impressions?
2.  Appearances and "good" looks?
3.  Appearances of never making mistakes?
4.  Appearances of invulnerability?
5.  Integrity of physical body?
6.  Integrity of physical possessions?
7.  Integrity of immediate family?
8.  Integrity of extended family?
9.  Integrity of our home?
     10.  Integrity of our clan?
     11.  Integrity of our work-place?
     12.  Integrity of neighborhood?
     13.  Integrity of our community?
     14.  Integrity of our state?
     15.  Integrity of our nation?
     16.  Integrity of our planet?
     17.  Ecological integrity?
     18.  Business integrity?
     19.  Our health?
     20.  Progressional integrity?
     21.  Self esteem?
     22.  Self assessment?
     23.  Ideals and values?
     24.  Hopes and aspirations?
     25.  Personal honor and reputation?
     26.  Family honor and reputation?

     There are a multitude of ways in which we may  define
what  it is that we need to protect;  and a  multitude  of
ways  in  which  we  may decide what it  is  that  we  may
sacrifice  in the process of protecting that which we need
to protect.

     Does  protection entail preventing change?   Is  that
which  it  is most important to protect---to be  protected
from all change?   If that which we need to protect can be
permitted to change in some ways; in what ways can we with
integrity permit change?

     These  are  not  simple  questions!    Our  continued
integrity depends upon how we answer and otherwise respond
to them.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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