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   %STYLES OF INFLUENCE CONTROL BEHAVIOR BELIEF SEE+960708
  %RELIGIOUS FAITH HOPE LOVE DOCTRINE RITUAL ADDICT+960708
 %PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY HEALTH GROWTH DISEASE 960708

     People   and  communities  have  limited  amounts  of
tolerance for non-conformal behaviors  which  impinge upon
their  own  integrity.   Certain kinds  of  behaviors  are
usually regarded as "bad", "intolerable", "inappropriate",
"dis-respectful",     "immoral",    "wrong",     "sinful",
"illegal",  "dis-integrative",   "taboo",  etc.    Various
people  and  communities respond in various ways  to  such
non-conformal behaviors.

     1.  The emphasis may be limited to OBJECTIVE  ACTIONS
of  a single person;  e.g.,  committing murder,  rape,  or
robbery.

     2.  The  emphasis  may  be extended  to  failures  to
engage in REQUIRED OBJECTIVE ACTIONS;  e.g.,   failing  to
recite some required religious creed, or failing to engage
in some required religious ritual.

     3.  The  emphasis may focus upon REFLEXIVE aspects of
a SINGLE PERSON'S LIFE; e.g.,  prayer,  meditation, study,
reflection, self-criticism.

     4.  The    emphasis   may   focus   upon    REFLEXIVE
RELATIONSHIPS  which  involve two or more persons;   e.g.,
close friendships,   intimate relationships, and/or sexual
relationships.

     5.  The    emphasis   may   focus   upon    REFLEXIVE
RELATIONSHIPS between SINGLE PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS and the
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

     6.  The emphasis may be upon do's and dont's;   e.g.,
prescriptions, proscriptions, prohibitions,  commandments,
laws, taboos, etc.

     7.  The emphasis may be upon promoting understanding,
cooperation, insight, sympathy, compassion, etc.

     8.  The  emphasis  may be upon issues of control  and
conformity.

     9.  The  emphasis may be upon expanding opportunities
and upon liberation to choose among alternatives.

     10.  The emphasis may be upon choosing sides in  holy
wars against evil.

     Whatever  the  emphasis  may  be,  it  is  helpful to
recognize, name, describe and talk about the nature of the
emphasis---for  by  their fruits we may know whether  each
emphasis  is disintegrative or integrative in  regards  to
personal and communal integrities.

     We  are bound to have great difficulties if we do not
recognize  the  differences between the  various  emphases
which  characterize different people's paradigms---and  so
do  not  recognize  the different fruits which  flow  from
those  different  emphases.    Confusion  about  different
emphases and their different fruits can be very costly!

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