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 %STORIES HEROES ADMIRED LEADERS VILLAINS ATTENTION+020629
 %FOCUS COMMUNAL GOOD DEVILS DIVERT FACILITATE GOOD+020629
 %COOPERATION CONSTRUCTIVE DESTRUCTIVE CYCLES DEVIL+020629
  %ARCHETYPES TOGETHER DIALOGUE BE FRIENDLY GETTING+020629
  %YES PAST NO CONFLICT RESOLUTION PEACEMAKING SINS+020629
 %COLLUSIONS ADDICTIONS CODEPENDENT DOMINATION GODS 020629
                                                          
      Communities may be characterized by the stories     
        told about heroes who are admired and             
          VILLAINS upon whom much attention is focused.   
            Their stories focus communal attention ---    
              for good or ill.   Their stories often      
                divert attention away from more           
                  integrative foci which can facilitate   
                    cooperation and constructive work.    
                                                          
     Often our stories focus upon long-cycles-of-violence 
       between ARCHETYPES of "good-people" and "evil-ones"
         who never engage together-with-each-other in:    
           open-and-honest-dialogue, friendly-cooperation,
             careful-listening, acts-of-kindness,         
               friendly-relationships, acts-of-trust,     
                 non-violent-conflict-resolution,         
                   GETTING-TO-YES, GETTING-PAST-NO,       
                     GETTING-TOGETHER as peacemakers;     
                       or in USA-Western-Movies, Kiddy-TV,
                         War-Stories, Babylonian-Myths,   
                           Greek-Myths, Roman-Myths,      
                             murder-mysteries, gossip,    
                               news-stories, soap-operas, 
                                 etc.                     
                                                          
     Our-stories lead us to focus our lives and then      
       our-lives lead us to focus upon our-stories ---    
         in endless-cycles-of-violence which is often     
           regarded as having redemptive effects ---      
             when virtually always the effects of         
               violence are dominated by: alienation,     
                 estrangement, misunderstanding,          
                   ignorance, distrust, dis-ease,         
                     anger, resentment, rage,             
                       revenge, domination,               
                         controls, addictions,            
                           collusions, dishonesty,        
                             codependent-supporters,      
                               arrogance, destruction,    
                                 self-righteousness, etc. 
                                   Violence is not the    
                                     means to salvation,  
                                       security or peace. 
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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