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  %PERSONAL COMMUNAL DISINTEGRATION COHERENCE WHOLE+980708                                                          
  %IDEALS VALUES PRINCIPLES JUSTICE SCARCE RESOURCE+980708                                         
  %FULFILL POTENTIAL DESCRIBE NATURAL PATTERN EVILS+980708   
   %DANGER CONFORMITY INFORMATION STORAGE RETRIEVAL+980708            
   %PRIORITIES DICHOTOMIES CONFLICT RESOLUTION SINS 980708                                              
                                                                                                                               
      The  personal and communal integrity of a  community                                                                
and  its members depends critically upon how coherently it                                               
and its members (as individuals and as a  whole community)                                                          
set and abide by priorities in regards to:                                 
                                                                                                                               
     1.  Ideals, values, and principles,                                         
     2.  Fair and just allocation of scarce resources,                                                            
     3.  Fulfillment of human potentials,                                            
     4.  The study and description of natural patterns,   
     5.  Facilitating human creativity and dialogue,                         
     6.  Minimizing dangerous non-conformity,            
     7.  Facilitating information storage and retrieval,                                                                       
     8.  Dealing realistically with human limitations,                                            
     9.  Interpretations of sacred writings and rules,                      
    10.  The formulation of prescriptions/proscriptions.                                                                       
                                                                                                                               
     Internal  inconsistencies  in how priorities are  set                      
and followed ---  often lead towards disintegration.  Such                                                                   
inconsistencies   can   occur   within   individuals   and                             
between/among  groups of individuals ---  especially  when                                                                     
collusive games of mutual self deception are played. 
                                                                                                                               
     Internal inconsistencies occur when people:                      
                                                                                                                               
     A.  Use  and/or  perceive  words  as having divergent        
meanings   and/or  implications.     Then  people   cannot                                                                    
communicate in coherent ways, and so cannot cooperate as a      
coherent whole.                                                          
                                                                                                                               
     B.  Are  unaware  of,  confused about,   mis-informed                                                                     
about, and/or ignore regular patterns in natural processes   
---  and so are in disagreement  about  how best to inter-                      
relate with each other and natural process.   
                                                                                                                               
     C.  Internalize  conflicting  values,   ideals,   and                      
principles ---  as if they are each of ultimate importance                                                                     
and concern.                               
                                                                                                                               
     D.  Are   unwilling   to   listen   attentively   and                                                                     
sympathetically   to   each   other's   descriptions   and                                                               
affirmations.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     E.  Become  addicted   to  any   particular   coping:               
mechanism, pattern, beliefs, or convictions.             
                                                                                                                               
     F.  Detach  from  experiences  and/or  from open  and                                   
honest dialogue with each other.                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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