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   %BIG COMFORTABLE SECURE EXCLUSIVE SANCTUARY SAFE+020422
 %QUESTION PSYCHOLOGICAL SPIRITUAL ACCESS OPEN GOOD+020422
     %ACCEPTANCE DIALOGUE FREEDOM SAFELY VULNERABLE+020422
 %SELF OTHER HONEST COLLUSION WALLS SMALL EXCLUSIVE+020422
   %FORTRESS CASTLE DEFENSIVE ATTITUDES ASSUMPTIONS 020422
                                                          
     How big is your sanctuary?                           
       How accessible is your sanctuary?                  
         How easy is it to gain access to your sanctuary? 
           To the sanctuary of your closest friends?      
                                                          
     These are not here intended to ask about the         
       physical size or accessibility of sanctuaries.     
                                                          
     Rather the questions are about the PSYCHOLOGICAL     
       and SPIRITUAL accessibilities of sanctuaries.      
                                                          
     The questions have to do with access to open and     
       honest dialogue opportunities; to acceptance into  
         the freedom to be safely vulnerable within       
           intimate dialogue which is open and honest, to 
             places where people can be true to           
               themselves and each other.                 
                                                          
     Many people's sanctuaries are small, limited to a    
       few people who are alike, who agree thoughtlessly  
         to many exclusive rules and regulations about    
           attitudes, assumptions, beliefs, rituals,      
             friendships, expressions, symbols, etc.      
                                                          
     Other people's sanctuaries are large; welcoming many 
       different kinds of people who are demonstrating a  
         wide range of thoughtful: attitudes, rituals,    
           assumptions, beliefs, friendships, expressions 
             and ways of being cooperative/helpful.       
                                                          
     Many people's sanctuaries are fortresses and/or      
       castles built to keep different people out, and to 
         keep the few who can get in, and stay; very      
           comfortable.   Too many religious buildings    
             are in effect fortresses and castles;        
               sanctuaries only for the comfortable       
                 people who built them for themselves,    
                   for their own protection and comfort.  
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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