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     %INTEGRATIVE SELF RESPECT ESTEEM ROOTS GROUNDS+970122
   %EXTREMIST FUNDAMENTALISTS SET APART BETTER SELF+970122
    %ALIENATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION TERROR VIOLENCE 970122

     Not all high levels of self-esteem are integrative.

     Arrogant and self-righteous people often think highly
of  themselves in ways which lead to personal and communal
disintegration.    We  need to learn how to recognize  the
roots   of   such  disintegrative  self-esteem;   and   to
articulate ways to ground self-esteem in order to  promote
personal and communal integrity for all concerned.

     Low   self-esteem   is  often  compensated   for   by
artificial and  non-authentic  techniques  for  generating
high-self  esteem.    People often select what  they  call
"fundamentals" so  that those selected fundamentals,   and
conformity to them, will serve as  the basis for regarding
themselves  as  "better"  people  than  other  integrative
people   who   do  not  conform  to  what   the   selected
"fundamentals" demand.

     Idealistic ideals do not always lead to personal  and
communal integrity---especially if they have been selected
or  formulated in order to make some people feel  free  to
think  of themselves as being "better"  than other  people
who do not claim to conform to the ideals.  Often idealism
and   perfectionism   lead   to  personal   and   communal
disintegration.    Much  depends  upon  the   motivations,
attitudes  and  life-styles of the people who  embody  the
ideals and values which should be in question.

                                                                                                                               
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