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%DEVILS WARS OPPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT DICTATORSHIP GOD 030508
 %HOSTS HOSPITALITY CIVILITY HEALING RECONCILIATION 030508
%ADDICTIVE ORGANIZATION DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 030508
%METHODS TOOLS MEANS GOALS ENDS JUSTIFICATION FAILS 030508
%BULLIES DOMINATION CONTROL DOMINATION GOOD TEMPTED 030508
%ARROGANT SELF-RIGHTEOUS VIOLENT COERCIVE DIFFERENT 030508

     The   EVILS  which  are  present  in  an   oppressive
government, dictatorship, or addictive organization reside
in   the  DYSFUNCTIONAL  RELATIONSHIPS  between/among  the
participants    who    are    VICTIMS/BENEFICIARIES     of
the   oppressive     government,       dictatorship     or
addictive  organization.     DYSFUNCTIONAL   RELATIONSHIPS
cannot    be healed  through   the  use  of  methods/tools
which   are destructive,   violent and/or coercive.    The
use  of  such methods/tools  is usually the expression  of
emotions like:  frustration, anger, resentment, rage, etc.
---   on  the  part  of  emotionally/spiritually  immature
bullies.    Such  emotions  do     not     motivate/guide:
healing,     reconciliation,  cooperation,  collaboration,
integration,       understanding,    sharing,     balance,
liberation, etc.

     "Good"  and "righteous" people who are tempted to use
methods/tools   which  are  destructive,   violent  and/or
coercive ---  are prone  to  believe  and act as if "EVIL"
resides  within a relatively few other "different"  people
who  are "guilty",  "at-fault",   "blame-worthy",   and/or
"EVIL";    e.g.,   within  "terrorists".    They  do   not
acknowledge   the   central   role   which   DYSFUNCTIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS play  in hosting "EVIL".   Their methods for
reducing "EVIL"  are  flawed  ---   because  they  do  not
recognize  the   HOSTS  of  "EVIL";   i.e.,  DYSFUNCTIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS which need to be healed of dis-ease.   Their
flawed  analysis  of where "EVIL"  resides ---   leads  to
flawed  efforts  to destroy "EVIL"   ---    by  destroying
individual  people  who  are falsely believed  to  be  the
isolated hosts of "EVIL".   The  resulting   inappropriate
methods  create many new  DYSFUNCTIONAL  RELATIONSHIPS and
rarely mitigate much "EVIL"  ---   because the   survivors
resent both the  destruction,  and  those responsible  for
the  destruction of relationships  which were important to
them.

     We need to be  cautious when we try to identify where
"EVIL"   is concentrated.   If we are not cautious, we are
likely to focus   our  attention  primarily  upon isolated
people  who   are "different"    in  some superficial way;
for   example   as regards:   skin,  hair,  or eye  color;
religious,   cultural,  sexual or educational experiences;
or   just  NOT-US  ---   without  justice  on  our   part.
Prejudices   based  upon superficial differences  do   not
promote both personal  and  communal integrities.

     We  need to focus our attention upon  characteristics
of  human  RELATIONSHIPS  which are  regularly  associated
with:    alienation,   estrangement,    misunderstandings,
distrust,  rejection, excommunication, etc.   We also need
to  be  careful  not to take  too  seriously  associations
between  characteristics which are purely  accidental  and
not  credibly associated through something like cause-and-
effect   connections  ---   as revealed  through  unbiased
analysis.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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