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     In  some  instances  ambiguity is eliminated  by  the
passage of time.  The ambiguity about what we will do on a
given day is inevitably eliminated by the end of that day.
How  it is eliminated is not determined by the passage  of
time,  even though that-it-is-eliminated is determined  by
the passage of time.

     In some instances people feel that it-is-essential to
eliminate   some  ambiguity  which  by  its  nature  could
continue for an  indefinite  period of time.   It is their
sense  that ambiguity is in some sense improper,    wrong,
bad,     evil,   etc.---at  least  it  is  so  in  certain
circumstances.    They  want  to  replace  ambiguity  with
certainty  wherever  possible;   and maybe  even  in  some
situations where it is not possible.

     Life is full of moral,  ethical, political, business,
spiritual,   religious and sexual ambiguities.   It is not
always clear what some reality,  opportunity,   challenge,
situation, right, wrong, sin, temptation, etc.  really is.
It   is not always clear what of diverse possible  courses
of action should be and what should not be carried out. It
is not always clear what should be  the  rank-ordering  of
priorities.     As  in intricate  colored  fractal  images
(which  are drawn  according  to rigid mathematical  rules
and   which appear to have sharp boundaries)   what appear
to  be   sharp lines  between  one color and  a  different
color---are   not sharp  when  examined much more  closely
as  is  often done.     In fact  often what appear to   be
sharp  lines  look  (upon  much closer examination)  to be
a recapitulation of the complexity  of a part of the image
in  which they appear.   The attempt to honestly eliminate
ambiguity  as  to just where the  line is,   reveals  much
more   additional   ambiguity   that it  was  possible  to
imagine before.

     Some  people seek to eliminate ambiguities by the use
of rigid rules,  regulations, commandments,  prohibitions,
prescriptions,  proscriptions, expectations, taboos,  etc.
Such people are often coercive, manipulative, insensitive,
unforgiving,   intolerant,  violent and disintegrative  of
persons and  communities.   They often unknowingly help to
generate alienative relationships  which  engender evil in
its  many  forms.    They  are  usually  ignorant  of  the
experiences of the people whom they affect;  for they have
alienated themselves  from most people.   They often  view
themselves as  "saved"   and  those from  whom  they  have
alienated themselves as "not yet saved"  or as "beyond the
possibility of salvation."   They are rarely seeking to be
true  to  themselves and to each other.   Honesty  is  not
something  which  they  value  highly.    "Respectability"
appears  to  be something which they value highly.    They
work  hard  to  appear to be respectable  without  concern
about honesty, integrity, authenticity, responsiveness and
health.  It is the appearance which counts.

     See the next essay.

                                                                                                                               
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