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%PEOPLE SELF ESTEEM DEPENDENCE COMPARISONS STANDARD+030417
   %JUDGMENT CASUALLY THINK FEEL TRUE TRUTH BELIEVE+030417
%PREJUDICE ASSUMPTION IMPRESSION CONVICTION TRUSTED+030417
%ADVERTISER GANGS CLIQUE MOBBED HYSTERIA REVOLUTION+030417
%COLLUSIVE GAME MUTUAL SELF DECEPTION ADDICTION SIN+030417
%INCOHERENT PARADIGM RELIGIOUS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES 030417

      People's  self-esteem  depend  upon  the  making  of
comparisons  between  different realities.   Much  depends
upon what comparisons are made and what are the  standards
in   terms of which judgment are made in the light of  the
comparisons which are made.

      As regards which personal realities are compared ---
the  following are some possible personal realities  which
may be the FOCI of comparisons:

     1.  WHATEVER other  people  casually  think  is true;
regardless of whether or not it is true, and regardless of
how  carefully  other  people sort  out  truth  from their
mere impressions.

     2.  WHATEVER   other   people    casually    feel-is-
important; regardless of whether or not well-informed-and-
thoughtful-people believe-with-conviction  that it  really
is important.

     3.  WHATEVER commercial advertisers-say-is-important;
even  though  the advertisers are driven by greed and  are
willing to serve greed in dishonest ways.

     4.  WHATEVER domineering people say must be respected
and   done   ---    without reverence  toward   vulnerable
people  who  are  working to  promote  honesty,   personal
integrity and communal integrity.

     5.  WHATEVER   a   dominate  large  group  of  people
focus  their attention  upon ---   even though their focus
of     attention   leads   to   personal   and    communal
disintegrations.

     6.  INCOHERENT sets  of dominant:   ideals,   values,
principles;  desires,  hopes,   and aspirations ---  which
lead  us toward both internal and international  conflicts
and  violence  ---while   pretending  that  they  are  all
coherent  with  each other.

     7.  INCOHERENT     sets     of   dominant  religious:
convictions,  beliefs,  boundaries, distinctions,  stories
and pretentious posturing ---   while pretending that they
are all coherent with each other.

     8.  INCOHERENT  dominant   paradigms   relating   to:
scientific,  religious,    technological,   business,  and
communal  relationships  ---    while pretending that they
are  all coherent with each other.

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