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%SPIRITUAL PHYSICAL REFLEXIVE OBJECTIVE CONTRASTS+970212
%CONFLICT RESOLUTION INTEGRATION PARADOXES TRUTHS 970212
Some people set up contrasts/dichotomies between the
physical and spiritual---and postulate the existence of a
parallel to the physical world, a world which is
spiritual. Some people are led to pretend that they have
been in communion with that spiritual world; not to be an
honest witness to any real personal experience. Their
witness is not authentic because they are not being true
to themselves and others about their own unique personal
integrity and experiences.
Some people set up contrasts/dichotomies between the
objective and subjective worlds---and regard the
subjective world as an inferior world because there cannot
be universal agreement upon, or consensus regarding, the
realities in the subjective worlds. "Subjective" to many
people is a pejorative word---as is "objective" to other
contrasting people.
Perhaps we fall into the trap of trying to draw lines
which are presumed to be sharper than they can be in any
meaningful way. Perhaps we try to set up contrasts to
divide us; rather than comparisons to help us understand
each other. Perhaps there are comparisons which are more
helpful than physical/spiritual, objective/subjective,
etc.
In comparison to objective realities, (those which we
sense directly with our eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin)
there are reflexive realities which reflect back upon our
being who we are by how we relate to others in personal
relationships which create us and re-create us. Some
people pretend that there are no reflexive realities and
do not reflect upon who they are in relationship to
members of their families, religious groups, schools,
businesses, political parties, cities, states and nations.
In ignorance they ignore how they are personally related
to other people, and deny the reality of the reflexive
personal relationships in which they participate;
pretending that those personal relationships are not real,
important or worthy of attention and articulation.
We can witness to our reflexive relationships and to
our reflections upon our reflexive relationships --- by
being true to ourselves and each other with personal
integrity. Such realities are not part of some mysterious
parallel reality which is beyond our experience, and about
which we must be pretentious in conformal rituals which
leave us cold. We just need to stop pretending that we
have to be objective at all times and in all situations,
in order that we may be true to ourselves and each other
about what our experiences tell us about ourselves, each
other, and the cosmos.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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