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                             %RECOGNIZE ENEMY 981129      
                                                                                                                               
     In spite of what we may often think:   It is not easy                                                                     
to recognize  our  enemies  --- because  we  get  confused                          
regarding  their  forms.    Often we think that our  worst                                 
enemies come in the forms of:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     1.  People who are "different";  e.g.,  as to  color,                                     
tribe,    religion,   training,   education,    attitudes,                                                                     
interests,   life-style,  beliefs,  rituals,   traditions,             
language, etc.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
     2.  Ideas,    ideals,   values  or  principles  which                                         
threaten our collusive games of mutual self deception. 
                                                                                                                               
     3.  Ambiguity,   uncertainty  or doubt in regards  to                                 
anything which seems to be important.               
                                                                                                                               
     4.  Realities,  imperfections and  flaws  which stand                                                                     
between us and our fulfillment of our idealism.                                         
                                                                                                                               
     5.  Our limitations and lack of resources which stand                                                            
between us and our fulfillment of our idealism.                                         
                                                                                                                               
     Too rarely are we willing to recognize that our worst                                                            
enemies often come in the forms of our:                                                            
                                                                                                                               
     1. Games of mutual self deception. 
                                                                                                                               
     2. Tolerance  of dishonesty,  deception,    coercion, 
violence,  exclusivity,  excommunications,  condemnations,           
shunnings, etc.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     3. Preoccupations with issues of control.                                                           
                                                                                                                               
     4. Preoccupations  with commandments,    disciplines,                                                                     
prohibitions,  proscriptions, prescriptions,  punishments,                                                                     
threats and attacks.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                               
     5. Extremism, imbalance, and fanaticism.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     If  we  are  confused about the forms  of  our  worst                                                            
enemies---we  are unlikely to recognize them  and  respond                                  
to  our  worst  enemies  in  ways  which  will  enable  us      
to  transcend  them  and the ways in which  they  lead  us      
toward personal and communal disintegration.                                                                
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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