This is http://www.essayz.com/b0303282.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %UNHEALTHY TOLERANCE CIVILIZATION GRACE REVERENCE+030328 %LET-GO IMPOSSIBLE ABSENCE SICK PREOCCUPATION GODS+030328 %DOMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS DIFFERENT DEVIL+030328 %EXPLORE CREATIVITY POSSIBILITIES TOGETHER LOVERS+030328 %DESCRIBE OWN EXPERIENCES INSIGHTS DISCERNMENTS SIN+030328 %INTIMATE VULNERABILITY SAFELY SECURITY SANCTUARY 030328 Consider the difference between healthy-tolerance and un-healthy tolerance: Healthy civilization is impossible in the absence of good doses of healthy-tolerance; i.e., occasions in which healthy-people let-go of sick people's preoccupations with domination and/or controls --- and become able to let- others: Be-different in honest integrative ways. Be-honest about themselves with others. Honestly-enjoy their own integrative-relationships. Honestly-explore creative possibilities of balance. Honestly-explore creative-possibilities together. Honestly-own their own experiences and insights. Honestly-describe their own experiences and insights. Honestly-relax, meditate & reverence transcendence. Transcend and subvert collusive games of mutual self- deception and pretense. Let-go of our culture's addictive habits. Let-go of narcissism, greed and possessiveness. Let-go of dysfunctional; taboos, guilt, and fears. Work graciously on letting-go of the "role-of- victim" --- played at the expense of other people --- who are taking good care of themselves and of others. The above is true of healthy-tolerance. --------------------- The following is true of unhealthy-intolerance: The "Domination System" cannot survive in the presence of good doses of healthy-tolerance; i.e., occasions in which healthy-people let-go of sick people's preoccupations with domination and/or controls --- and let-others be true to themselves and each other. For this reason domineering people: Conform in dis-honest and dis-integrative ways. Are dis-honest about themselves with others. Dis-honestly-enjoy dis-integrative-relationships. Dis-honestly-subvert creative balance. Dis-honestly-subvert cooperation. Dis-honestly deny their-own experiences and insights. Dis-honestly-prescribe their experiences & insights. Dis-honestly-promote contention and conflict. Dis-honestly support collusive games of mutual self- deception and pretense. Cling-to of their culture's addictive habits. Cling-to of narcissism, greed and possessiveness. Cling-to of dysfunctional taboos and fears. Work contentiously on clinging-to the "role-of- victim" --- played at the expense of other people --- who are taking good care of themselves and of others. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================