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  %NATURE CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRANSCEND WAR VIOLENT 980808   
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict resolution is central to reconciliation.                                              
                                                                                                                               
     Taking advantage of people's  points of vulnerability                                                                    
and weakness --- engenders alienation.                                        
                                                                                                                               
     To  WIN   conflicts---contestants must  use  coercion                
and take advantage of people's points of vulnerability.                                                                    
                                                                                                                               
     The     use   of   coercion   engenders   alienation,                                        
distrust, and dishonesty.                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     The  longer  conflicts persist ---  the  less  trust,                                              
honesty and openness will survive.                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     In  the absence of trust,  honesty and  openness  ---                                                                  
conflict resolution is nearly impossible.                                              
                                                                                                                               
     People  who  know that they are "the  best"   through                                
arrogance   and  self-righteousness---undermine   conflict       
resolution.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                               
     People  who  know  that  they are  "the  least"   are                                                                    
unlikely  to  be open and honest with themselves  or  each    
other.                                                               
                                                                                                                               
     Weakness  in the presence of arrogant  strength/power                                             
is unlikely to elicit gentleness.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
     Strength  in  the presence of weak  defensiveness  is                                                                     
likely to elicit conflict.                                              
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict   cannot   be  transcended,   overcome,   or                                              
eliminated---through     superior  strength,    power   or                                
defenses.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict  is transcended through humble  cooperation,                                
generosity and assistance.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict is transcended through exchanges of gifts of                                
the freedom to be vulnerable.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict is transcended through gentleness, humility,                                
forgiveness and reconciliation.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict  is  intensified by  self-righteousness  and       
arrogance.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     Conflict  is intensified by attempts by the  powerful                                             
to be in control of the unconventional and creative.                         
                                                                                                                               
     Creativity  is inhibited by coercion,   violence  and           
preoccupation with issues of control.                                                           
                                                                                                                               
     Wise   decisions   are   undermined   by   ignorance,                                                    
confusion, dishonesty and distrust.                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     Evil   is   not  overcome  through   expressions   of                                
arrogance, power, and self-righteousness.       
                                                                                                                               
     Evil  is  not  overcome  through the  use  of  force,                                
coercion, violence, or any threats thereof.           
                                                                                                                               
     Evil   is   not  diminished  through   the   use   of                                
punishments, imprisonment or excommunications.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     Evil is not diminished by people who are arrogant and                                       
self-righteous in their superiority.       
                                                                                                                               
     Evil  is  not diminished by people  preoccupied  with                                       
making personal comparisons.                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
     Evil  is not diminished by people who seek to promote                                       
good forms of conformity.            
                                                                                                                               
     Evil  is not diminished by people who seek to conceal                               
embarrassing truths.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                               
     Evil  is  not  diminished by people who try  to  make                                       
complex situations to appear to be simpler than they are.                                                                      
                                                                                                                               
     Evil is not transcended by people who are preoccupied                                       
with being among the best people in their view.                                                             
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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