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   %ASPECTS PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY FACETS LIFE 960709

     The  WHOLE life of a person or community entails many
aspects or facets:   physical,  psychological,  spiritual,
affectionate, sexual, private, communal, etc.   Within the
person  and  community  which  DOES  enjoys  personal  and
communal  integrity---the many aspects and facets ARE well
integrated into  a healthy whole.   Within the person  and
community  which  DOES  NOT enjoy  personal  and  communal
integrity---some  of the many aspects and facets  ARE  NOT
well integrated into a healthy whole.

     The absence of the enjoyment of personal and communal
integrity  often entails an UNBALANCED EMPHASIS upon  some
of the aspects or facets of the WHOLE life of a person and
community  of  integrity.   Often an essential  aspect  or
facet  receives no attention through simple  neglect;   or
through  the operation of collusive games of  mutual  self
deception  and  through  addictive  fixations  upon   some
aspects or facets---to the exclusion of others.

     In some communities the emphasis is upon the physical
aspects  of  human  sexuality---to the  exclusion  of  any
emphasis  upon reflexive, psychological,   spiritual,  and
communal aspects  of  healthy sexuality.   It is not  that
what  is  emphasized should receive no attention.   It  is
rather that the emphasis is unbalanced and exclusive.

     Too often attention is focused upon only one facet or
aspect  of  human  sexuality---and  armies  of  combatants
engage in  disintegrative conflicts which focus  only upon
that one facet.    The combatants agree to focus upon only
one  facet---to the exclusion of other facets.   They  are
not fighting  about whether or not to seek balance.   They
are fighting about which  extreme  position  is  the RIGHT
POSITION---given  their agreement that only one  facet  of
the whole is of  ultimate importance;  e.g.,  the physical
aspects of human sexuality.    They are not seeking to GET
TO  YES in conflict resolution.   They are seeking victory
for their position in the conflict.   In the process  both
sides promote personal and communal disintegration.

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