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%SEEK CONTROL EXPERIMENTAL EXISTENTIAL EXPERIENTIAL+981221                                   
 %INHIBIT LEARNING DIALOGUE PROMOTE CONFUSION EVILS+981221                                       
  %BALANCE AWARENESS PREJUDICE INTEGRATION COMMUNAL 981221                                                                
                                                                                                                               
      To   the  extent  that  we  seek  to  control    our                                                           
experimental  - existential - situations;   to that extent                                   
we  are unlikely to learn as much from them  as we  might.                                                                     
This is so because:                          
                                                                                                                               
     1.  The  more  preoccupied  we  are  with  issues  of                                                                     
control  ---   the more intensely we will  play  collusive                                                   
games of mutual self deception. 
                                                                                                                               
     2.  When  we  are playing such collusive games --- we                                                   
are  prone  to:    inhibit awareness,   inhibit  dialogue,                                                                     
promote confusion,  and promote prejudice.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                               
     3.  We  are  thus likely to inhibit,   prejudice  and                                                                     
confuse  whatever  integrative learning which might  occur                                                                   
were  we not so preoccupied.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               
     Through  preoccupations  with  issues of  control  we                                
prevent   learning ---   and thereby  undermine   personal                                                    
and  communal  integrity  and our ability to learn how  to                                               
deal creatively    with   new   situations,     challenges                         
and  opportunities.       Such  preoccupations   lead   to                                                                     
tragic:  attitudes,  assumptions,   beliefs,  convictions,             
ideals,   values  and  principles.      They bear   bitter                                         
fruits   in predictable  ways which are evident to  people      
who are  not so preoccupied.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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