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  %PEACEMAKERS GIFTS ACCEPT SECURITY FREEDOM SAFELY+961218
 %VULNERABLE CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRANSCEND VIOLENCE 961218

     When  we hear the call to be peacemakers we  need  to
seek  common  understandings  of  what  makes  for  peace,
security,  serenity,  tranquility and the transcendence of
violence.

     Praying  for  a successful  war makes the enemy  feel
insecure and usually leads to war.    Preparing for war is
a  clear   sign of  distrust  and  of  the  beliefs   that
security   can  be  achieved   by   threats  and   counter
threats.     Such beliefs makes sense only if security  is
perceived  in terms of  the elimination of  vulnerability.
Yet  true  security   entails  the freedom  to  be  safely
vulnerable.    Preparing for war is a  clear sign of being
confused  about and/or dishonest about the nature of  true
security.     Dishonest  people  are not  to   be  trusted
without   caution.      Dishonest  people   are    usually
defensive because they need to be perpetually hiding their
ways of being dishonest.  Defensive people thus make other
people   feel  insecure  and  so themselves prone  to   be
defensive.   Defensive   paradigms augment  themselves  in
disintegrative ways which justify themselves.

     The  threats of war,  violence,  terrorism and  their
related plagues can be transcended only as people  develop
common  understandings of the nature of true security  and
what  makes  for  peace---so that they  may  cooperatively
become   peace   makers  in  terms  of   such   a   common
understanding.     Such  understandings can  also  augment
themselves as people cooperate to resolve conflicts --- to
the mutual advantage of all who are involved.

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