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%CHALLENGES BALANCE COMPLEMENTARY EXTREMES PURITY+970629
%MIDDLE COMMON GROUND LINEAR THINKING SPECTRUMS SIN+970629
%SYNTHESIS COMPOUND MIXTURE INTERDEPENDENCE LOVE 970629
Many of our most difficult challenges in life have
to do with finding healthy ways to balance between
complementary extremes --- ways which involve mixtures,
interdependence and synthesis --- rather than purity,
independence and isolation.
Many people seek a correct middle ground which is at
a certain singular position along a straight line between
only two complementary extremes --- rather than seek a
profound ground which entails a prudent combination of the
many elements of many extremes.
Many people do not seek any kind of dynamic balance
--- seeking instead the correct kind of static extreme.
They are often called extremists, fanatics and certain
kinds of fundamentalists. They are often arrogant
elitists who are self-righteous, self-confident, self-
appointed, and full of themselves.
Many people focus upon achieving certain kinds of
appearances of propriety --- without much if any regard
for the kinds of alienation engendered thereby. For them
any necessary misleading behaviors, deception, secrecy,
and overt dishonesty are appropriate tools to achieve
their certain kinds of appearances. The alienation
engendered by them is a small price to pay for success.
There are people of integrity, however, who are
finding healthy ways to dynamic balance between
complementary extremes. Such people are not exclusive,
collusive, or alienative in their ways. They believe
that there can be many integrative ways of demonstrating
balance between complementary extremes --- rather than
just one correct way. They seek honesty and inter-
dependence, rather than appearances of independence and
propriety.
There are many ways to dynamic balance between
complementary extremes as to integrate many persons and
communities.
There are many ways towards appearances of
independence and authoritatively correct priority
disintegrate many persons and communities.
Our challenge is not to find and use the one element
which is the one required key to the one exclusive heaven.
Our challenge is to create and respect many diverse
integrative syntheses of complementary elements --- within
inclusive integrative communities --- were we will be
truly secure --- through the free exchange of liberating
gifts of the freedom to be safely vulnerable. This will
be difficult because it has to do with finding healthy
ways to balance between complementary extremes --- ways
which involve mixtures, interdependence and synthesis ---
rather than purity, independence and isolation.
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