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%COMMUNITIES CIVILIZATIONS DEFINE THEMSELVES OTHERS+021222
 %INCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE GROUNDS ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS+021222
%PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITIES SAFE COOPERATION GOD+021222
%AVOID REJECT ACCEPT FEARFUL FIGHTING ENEMIES POWER+021222
 %FOCUS CONFUSION OVER UNDERDOG WHOLE HEALTHY RELAX+021222
%RACIAL SEXUAL PREJUDICE ALIENATED ESTRANGEMENT SIN 021222
                                                          
     Communities and civilizations often define themselves
      in terms of the grounds/foundations for conflict or 
       cooperation.  Who must be fought?  Whom can we     
        safely cooperate with?   Whom must we avoid?      
         Whom must we accept?  Whom must we reject?       
                                                          
     People often define themselves in terms of which     
      other people they are fearful of & fighting against;
       thus giving-to-their enemies much power over how   
        the givers of such power define themselves.       
         Their focus is upon conflict, NOT cooperation.   
                                                          
     Healthy people define themselves in terms of how     
      they cooperate with different kinds of people;      
       thus sharing with each other power over how        
        they promote and facilitate personal and          
         communal integrities appropriate to them         
          all,  and how they can be whole and healthy.    
           Their focus is upon COOPERATION, NOT conflict. 
                                                          
     Both COOPERATION and conflict can have diverse       
      foci.  COOPERATION often focuses upon a wide        
       spectrum of considerations.  Conflict often        
        focuses upon a narrow one or few issues;          
         perhaps focusing on "signs" of who MAY           
          be included and who MUST be excluded.           
           Conflicted communities disintegrate.           
            COOPERATIVE communities integrate.            
                                                          
     Integrative communities are aware of and expand      
      their sense of the essential foundations for        
       both personal and communal integrities;            
        because they are focused upon COOPERATION.        
                                                          
     Disintegrative communities repress and contract      
      their sense of the essential foundations for        
       both personal and communal integrities;            
        because they are focused upon conflicts.          
         It helps to be aware of how we and others        
          focus the attention of members of our           
           various communities --- and what are the       
            natural-fruits of such foci of attention.     
                                                          
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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