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%SIGNS IDOLATRY CONCERNS BELIEFS CONVICTION CONFESS+980913             
%PRIORITY IMPORTANCE ULTIMATE RITUAL TECHNOLOGY SIN+980913                                                  
 %LOVE GOD SELF NEIGHBOR HEARTS MINDS SOULS BALANCE+980913                                           
  %ARROGANCE PRIDE EXCLUSIVITY DICHOTOMY EXTREMISTS+980913                       
                      %ADDICTION CODEPENDENCE 980913      
                                                                                                                               
     We  will  be  well  and do well when  we  learn  with                                                                     
humility to recognize,  confess,  describe, and talk about                                                                     
all of the SIGNS of our all OF OUR IDOLATROUS:                                                            
                                                                                                                               
                        CONCERNS,                               
                         BELIEFS,             
                       CONVICTIONS,                                                                                            
                       PRIORITIES,                                                                                             
                       CONFESSIONS,                                                                                            
                     AFFIRMATIONS,                                                                                             
                         RITUALS,                                                                                              
                      INSTITUTIONS,                                                                                            
                          WORK,                                                                                                
                          JOBS,                                                                                                
                       BUSINESSES,                                                                                             
                         CITIES,                                                                                               
                         STATES,                                                                                               
                         NATIONS,                                                                                              
                         GROUPS,                                                                                               
                      ORGANIZATIONS,                                                                                           
                        CHURCHES,                                                                                              
                        RELIGIONS,                                                                                             
                      PHILOSOPHIES,                                                                                            
                       PROFESSIONS,                                                                                            
                       PROCEDURES,              
                       TRADITIONS,                                                                                             
                          LAWS,                                                                                                
                          CODES,                                                                                               
                      COMMANDMENTS,                                                                                            
                      PROHIBITIONS,                                                                                            
                      PRESCRIPTIONS,                                                                                           
                      PROSCRIPTIONS,                                                                                           
                         TABOOS,                                                                                               
                          FEARS,                                                                                               
                        KNOWLEDGE,                                                                                             
                       GOODS, and                                                                                              
                          GODS.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
       The disturbing SIGNS often have to do with:                                                                             
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                       ALIENATION,                                        
                      ESTRANGEMENT,                                                                                            
                      EXCLUSIVITY,                       
                      DICHOTOMIES,                                                                                             
                        IMBALANCE,                                                                                             
                        PREJUDICE,                                                                                             
                        EXTREMISM,                                                                                             
                       ADDICTIONS,                                                
                      CODEPENDENCE,                                                                                            
                        CONTROLS,                                                           
                         PRISONS,                                                                                              
                        COERCION,                                                                                              
                        VIOLENCE,           
                       ARROGANCE,                                                                                              
                   SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,       
                         PRIDE,                                                                                                
                     MANIPULATIONS,                                                                                            
                       MANAGEMENT,                                                                                             
                       DISCIPLINES,                                                                                            
                      PUNISHMENTS,                                                                                             
                      STUBBORNNESS,                                                                                            
                        BLINDNESS,                                                                                             
                        DEAFNESS,                                                                                              
                    INSENSITIVITY, and                                                                                         
                       ISOLATION.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
     When we  specialize in exclusive ways in one  area of      
being good,  better, and/or superior --- at the expense of                                                             
balance  with  regards to  complementary  ways   of  being      
good,   better,   and/or superior ---   we are bound to be                                                                     
disturbed by signs  which we would prefer to be unaware of                                                                     
and/or to ignore.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
     When  we  excel in being unaware of  and/or  ignoring                                                             
such  signs   ---   we lose whatever remnants we may  have                                                                     
had of personal and communal integrity.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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