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   %MEANING SYMBOLS ACTIONS BEHAVIORS ACCEPT REJECT+970411
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     Both SYMBOLS (such as words,  signs, pointers, dress,
grooming,  etc)  and ACTIONS have meanings for us in terms
of  our  being  personally accepted  or  rejected  by  our
families,  tribes,  clans, churches,  neighbors,  schools,
businesses, etc.

     Often  SYMBOLS  and  ACTIONS  are  chosen  to  convey
particular  information or feelings, and we focus upon the
information  that  they are supposed to covey or which  we
perceive  them  to  have  conveyed.    We  think  of   the
information as the "meaning" of the symbols and actions.

     At  a  different  level the meaning  of  SYMBOLS  and
ACTIONS  are to be found in the response of the community.
Does the community accept the person who used the  SYMBOLS
and/or  engaged  in the ACTIONS?   The meaning may  depend
whether  or  not  the person in question  is  accepted  or
rejected.   This may be  the  real  meaning  which resides
below   the superficial meaning which we usually think of.
This  real  meaning  is  to be found in  the  relationship
between the user and the community.    The real meaning is
not  determined by the user,  or by the symbols or by  the
actions  in  and  of  themselves.    The real  meaning  is
embedded in relationships in a very essential way.

     Some people seek to be independent---able to exist in
meaningful ways without regard for anybody else.  They may
feel that it  is too risky to depend  upon anybody for any
meaningful  support---because they have been  disappointed
too many times.   They try to go it alone,  and are alone,
alienated,    estranged,   disconnected  and   unable   to
communicate in any meaningful way with SYMBOLS or ACTIONS.
The meaning of their  effort is alienation, separation and
meaninglessness.
                                                                                                                               
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