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 %ODD EVEN KINDS COMMITMENTS PEOPLE DISTINGUISH SIN+020607
%INDIVIDUALS ISOLATION RIGHTEOUSNESS ALIENATION GOD+020607
  %SUPERIOR SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARROGANCE DOMINATION+020607
 %COOPERATIVE CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIPS DEVILS GOOD 020607
                                                          
     There are ODD and EVEN kinds of commitments which to 
many   people  are  nearly  indistinguishable.       Being
committed  to  ODD  commitments  leads  to  personal  and 
communal   disintegration.     Being  committed  to   EVEN
commitments  leads  to personal and communal  integration 
and integrity.  What are the essential differences between
ODD and EVEN commitments?                                 
                                                          
     1.   ODD  commitments  focus  upon  individuals   in 
isolation, and upon their:                                
                                                          
        a.  Being right in isolation.                     
        b.  Knowing what is right as isolated individuals.
        c.  Doing what is right in isolation.             
        d.  Being able to recognize isolated right(eous)  
            individuals as such in isolation.             
        e.  Being superior as isolated individuals ---    
            compared to other isolated individuals.       
        f.  Having more power and control; over self and  
            over others, than others have in isolation.   
        g.  Being more "successful" than others; i.e.,    
            in achieving of proper individual goals.      
        h.  Demonstrating more independence than others.  
        i.  Achieving great things without others' help.  
        j.  Being more self-assured than others; i.e.,    
            having greater self-esteem & self-confidence. 
                                                          
     2.  EVEN commitments focus upon building cooperative 
         relationships between/among people and groups:   
                                                          
        a.  Participating    in    cooperative    communal
            endeavors.                                    
        b.  Knowing each other through open and honest    
            civil/gracious dialogue.                      
        c.  Cooperating rightly with each unique other    
            person with grace and civility.               
        d.  Being able to recognize, facilitate and       
            honor integrative relationships.              
        e.  Through open, honest and gracious dialogue    
            which is well balanced in healthy ways.       
        f.  Sharing power, influence, wealth, information 
            and feelings --- in open and honest ways.     
        g.  Helping   others  in  ways  which   facilitate
            civility in all communications and receptions.
        h.  Demonstrating increasing levels of cooperation
            through gracious dialogue.                    
        i.  Facilitating civility and civilization when   
            others need help in being civil/civilized.    
        j.  Facilitating the development of healthy:      
            self-esteem, self-confidence & self-assurance.
                                                          
     It  is  ODD  commitments which lead  ODD  people  to 
undermine  integrative relationships which they fear  --- 
because  integrative  relationships reveal how ODD  it  is
that  they so often fail to facilitate that which they say
that they are committed to achieving, facilitating, and/or
promoting.                                                
                                                          
     It   is EVEN commitments which lead balanced  people 
to facilitate integrative relationships which they seek to
build ---  because they yearn for, respect, honor and work
on  building  cooperative/integrative relationships  which
yield  sweet fruits that are distributed evenly among  all
who are in need of them.                                  
                                                          
     It  is  ODD commitments which lead ODD  people  into 
being  domineering supporters of "The Domination  System".
It  is such ODD people who cannot let go of trying  to  be
"better","more-in-control" and "good".                    
                                                          
     It is EVEN commitments which lead balanced people to 
be   free   to  participate   creatively     ---        in
cooperative work endeavors with complementary other people
---   who  are free  to be safely vulnerable in  open  and
honest   dialogue ---  about who they are as unique people
in  Love.   Together they   build   sanctuary  communities
within   which    all different kinds   of:   cooperation,
creativity,     sharing,   acceptance and inclusivity  are
demonstrated.                                             
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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