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%ULTIMATE CONCERN ISSUES CONTROL PURPOSE INTEGRITY+990319
%UNBALANCED ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTION IDOLATRY SINS+990319
%ALIENATION REJECTION EXCOMMUNICATION EXCLUSIVITY+990319
%GOOD DEVILS MORALITY ETHICS CODES LAWS COMMANDMENT 990319
Some leaders' ultimate concerns pertain to issues of
control. They do not articulate how their concerns with
issues of control are or should be balanced with concerns
for the affirmation of complementary values, ideals,
principles, beliefs, goals, etc. Their preoccupation with
issues of control is ultimate. They are idolaters, and
control is their god.
Worshipers of control do not have the integrity to
relate their concerns to:
Personal and communal integrity.
The need for open and honest dialogue.
The development of active listening skills.
Reconciliation and conflict resolution.
Peacemaking.
Promoting new forms of cooperation.
Encouraging creativity, growth, and change.
The healing of dis-eases; e.g., being ill-at-ease.
Transcending fear, anger, revenge, and alienation.
Were controllers to be honest about where their
preoccupations will inevitably lead --- they would
acknowledge that the logical destination will include the
control of all:
THOUGHTS FEELINGS DESIRES
FRIENDSHIPS FEARS HOPES
ASPIRATIONS EXPRESSIONS AFFECTION
INTIMACY SEXUALITY SPIRITUALITY
CONFLICTS COOPERATION ORGANIZATIONS
PEOPLE RELIGIONS CITIES
STATES NATIONS PROFESSIONS
There is no logical end to the reach of the
preoccupations of controllers --- for their god demands
total control without restraint, checks, or balances. It
has been recognized by many people that such absolute
power corrupts absolutely.
Included among the controllers who behave in the
above ways --- are religious, political, business
and professional leaders who are preoccupied with issues
of control. They often mislead their followers
into thinking and feeling that their preoccupations with
issues of control lead them to do what needs to be done to
insure that proper responses are made to all that
threatens the welfare of the religious, political,
business and/or professional communities. They and
their follower are often very proud of their
preoccupations --- and all that they are lead to do
because of their preoccupations.
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