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 %PREOCCUPIED YIELD TEMPTATIONS AVOID SITUATION SIN 030706
%WEALTH POSSESSION ACQUISITION GREED APPEARANCE GOD 030706
  %STORES MARKETING ADVERTISING TV TELEVISION RADIO 030706
    %PREMATURE SEXUAL PLEASURES AVAILABLE SEDUCTION 030706
   %ABSENCE ABSENT TRUE LOVERS DOMINEERING COERCION 030706
    %TRAGIC ALIENATION ESTRANGEMENT EXCOMMUNICATION 030706

     If we  are  preoccupied  with  not  yielding to temp-
tations  ---   one   of   the  easiest   ways   to   avoid
yielding    to  temptations   ---   is   to  avoid   those
situations  in which we are tempted to do what we  believe
we should not do.

     How then are we to avoid yielding to temptations:

     1.  In  a society dominated  by  preoccupations  with
wealth,  possessions,  acquisitions,  greed,  appearances,
etc.   ---   are we to withdraw from  being  near  wealth,
possessions, stores, etc?

     2.  In a society dominated by images suggesting  that
         premature sexual  pleasures are generally readily
         available ---

         in the absence  of True-Lovers  who are committed
         to helping  young people  become  True-Lovers who
         truly  are  involved  in  meaningful/pleasurable
         sexual relationships ---

         there are  always domineering  dishonest "lovers"
         willing  to  take  advantage  of  immature  young
         people ---

         seducing  them  into   dysfunctional  intimacies,
         sexuality, and domineering relationships ---

         which   lead    tragically    to:     alienation,
         estrangement,  excommunications, disintegrations,
         etc.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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