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     People  who  are  preoccupied  with  identifying  and
overcoming   evil   versus  rewarding   good---are   often
preoccupied with other dichotomies; and with affirming one
side  of each dichotomy and denying the other side of each
dichotomy.    Such  people  do not  appreciate  or  accept
paradoxes  wherein  two or more  important  truths  and/or
values  seem  to  be in conflict with each  other.    Such
people tend to perceive and think in terms of:

          1.  One or the other

          2.  Contradiction or agreement

          3.  Competition or cooperation

          4.  Independence or subservience

          5.  Obedience or disobedience

          6.  Conforming or rebelling

          7.  Leader or follower

          8.  Community or individual

          9.  Win or lose

         10.  Exclusive or inclusive

         11.  Friend or enemy

         12.  Lawful or illegal

         13.  Moral or immoral

         14.  Saved or dammed

         15.  Good or evil

         16.  Faithful or un-faithful
  19.  Right or wrong

People who are preoccupied in the above ways have  a
rather limited set of alternatives to consider.   It seems
to  make  life  simple.    Yet,   life  can  become   very
complicated  when an either/or mentality blinds one to the
most  creative alternatives which transcend the  either/or
mentality.    People  who  are  trapped  in  an  either/or
mentality are often unable to learn from their experiences
because their experiences entail realities which  are  too
complicated to be understood in either/or.

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