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 %TYPE THREATS ATTACK PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITIES 030220
  %CHALLENGE OCCASIONAL ACCIDENT INTENTIONAL TRAGIC 030220
 %NATURAL CAUSE EFFECT DISASTERS INDIFFERENT HUMANE 030220
 %CHAOS CHAOTIC EARTHQUAKE VOLCANIC STORM INTENTION 030220
  %INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTIVE INTENDED TRAGEDIES GREEK 030220
 %DOMINATION SYSTEM EVIL RELATIONSHIP POWER CORRUPT 030220

     Not  all threats to personal and  communal  integrity
are  of like kind,  or of equal challenge,  to  integrity.
Some  threats   are  intentional,  systemic and  profound.
Others threats are occasional  and/or  accidental.    Some
threats  are evil and/or  tragic.     Others  threats  are
indifferent and/or chaotic.

     #1.  Natural-disasters are occasional, accidental and
indifferent to humane  considerations;  e.g., earthquakes,
volcanic  eruptions,    hurricanes,  tornadoes,   thunder-
storms,    snow-storms,    etc.    They  demonstrate   NO:
intentionality, systemic-evil or malice.    They are often
terribly destructive --- but they are  never tragic in the
sense   of  yielding  effects which are the  opposites  of
intended effects;  as in Greek tragic dramas.     There is
no intent in such threats.

     #2.  In-contrast-to-the-above Type #1 Threats;  there
are other systemic, intentional and tragic threats to both
personal and communal integrities.  These Type #2  Threats
are rooted in the sinister designs of the "Powers-That-Be"
that  are organized by "The-Domination-System".   Type  #2
Threats are NOT:  accidental,   chaotic  or indifferent to
humane considerations.    They  are   systemic-threats-by-
design  ---  intended to undermine humane  considerations;
e.g. to undermine: grace, reconciliation, health, healing,
sanctuaries, honesty, balance, openness, mutuality, truth,
clarity, revelations, discernment, visions, trust,  faith,
hope,   lovers  and  Love.    We  need  to  recognize  the
motivations and designs of Type #2  Threats ---  before we
can be truly effective in: understanding, transcending and
subverting --- the double binds and constraints which Type
#2 Threats place upon our: discernment, thinking, prayers,
meditations, hopes, visions and revelations.

     Systemic Type #2 Threats are focused by and designed-
to-protect  "The-Powers-That-Be"    and   the  "Addictive-
Organizations"  of  "The-Domination-System"   ---  at  the
expense  of whatever and whomever is NOT  working  loyally
in the service "The Domination System".   Type #2  Threats
are    often    tragically-dependent-upon:     dishonesty,
collusions,  domination,    coercion,  violence,  threats,
confusion,  ignorance, dis-ease, contentiousness,  terror,
fears,  militarism,  judgementalism,  legalism,    perfec-
tionism, prejudice,   purity-codes,  exclusivity, enemies,
power-concentrations and technocracies.  In extreme cases,
Type   #2   Threats    depend    upon     weapons-of-mass-
destruction-and-disintegration --- used by private, quasi-
religious,    and  governmentally  sponsored/    supported
terrorists.

     Avoidance  is an effective strategy for dealing  with
Type  #1  Threats;  but avoidance  is tragically  counter-
productive in dealing with Type #2 Threats.

     In  dealing  with  Type #1  Threats it  is  wise  and
prudent  to stay away from the danger zones  of volcanoes,
earthquakes,   floods  and regular/major storms;   and  to
defend  oneself   against   the   eventuality   of   their
destructive  forces.    AVOIDANCE of Type #1   Threats  is
prudent and wise.

     When confronted with Type #2  Threats ---   AVOIDANCE
and REJECTION lead to ALIENATION and MISUNDERSTANDING; and
so to increases in Type #2 Threats.   With Type #2 Threats
--- avoidance is counter-productive!  We need to beware of
responding to Type#2  threats ---  as if they are Type  #1
threats; and vice-versa.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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