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   %RELIABLE DESCRIPTIONS STATEMENTS CONTEXT COSMOS 040103
 %LIVE MEANINGFUL TINY PARTS ELEMENTS RELATIONSHIPS 040103
  %VIRTUES IGNORE DENIGRATE ALIENATION ESTRANGEMENT 040103
  %DISTRUST ISOLATION IGNORANCE PREJUDICE CONFUSION 040103
%BIAS ANGER RESENTMENT DISINTEGRATION VIOLENCE PAIN 040103
%COERCION INJURIES PAIN DISEASE FAILURE WAR TERRORS 040103

     The  following  are reliable  descriptive  statements 
within the context of our cosmos, within which we live and 
of which we are meaningful, but tiny parts. 


                                                    

           1.  These statements point to virtues which are 
     virtues  by  virtue of the fact that ignoring  and/or 
     denigrating  them  regularly leads  to:   alienation, 
     estrangement,    distrust,   isolation,    ignorance, 
     prejudice,   confusion, biases,   anger,  resentment, 
     disintegration, violence,  coercion,  injuries, pain, 
     dis-ease, diseases, etc. 
           
           2.  People,  families, tribes,  gangs,  groups, 
     coalitions,  cities, states, nations; principalities, 
     spirits,   powers,  kings,  queens,  lords,  masters, 
     emperors,  dictators,  gods,  and any God of any kind 
     that  fail  (intentionally or  un-intentionally)   to 
     acknowledge, clarify and/or honor the truths to which 
     these   statements  point  ---   do  not  merit   our 
     reverence, honor, respect, trust or support. 
           
           3.  These statements merit our support,  trust, 
     respect,  honor and reverence ---  only to the extent 
     that  doing  so helps us together to demonstrate  and 
     enjoy  both personal and communal forms of integrity, 
     coherence,    cooperation  and  collaboration   which 
     benefit  all  members of  our  communities  in   ways  
     which are characterized  by:    honesty,    openness,   
     accuracy,  balance,  justice,  mutuality,   civility,  
     hospitality, generosity and gracious respect. 
           
           4.  It is  generally MORE overall helpful to be 
     generous,  and  to  openly  and  honestly  share our: 
     insights,   understandings,   power,  goods,  wealth, 
     benefits,   insights,   etc.   ---   THAN  it  is  to 
     concentrate them in ways   that   involve:   secrecy, 
     deceptions, pretentiousness,   arrogance,   coercion, 
     violence, greed, self-righteousness,  authoritarians, 
     domination, controls, etc.                  

           5.  We  will  be  wise  and  prudent  to   seek 
     together   to   be  coherently  aware   and   be-ware 
     wherever/whenever   we   see/experience:     secrecy, 
     deceptions,  pretentiousness,  arrogance,   coercion, 
     violence,  greed,   self-righteousness,   resentment,  
     anger,   authoritarians,   domination,    unilateral-
     controls, etc. 

           6.  We  are  fools and  do  tragically  foolish 
     things whenever  we are preoccupied with individually 
     being superior, better, best, righteous, saved, good, 
     etc. 

           7.  We  are wise and do wonder-full  things  in 
     coherent  ways whenever we focus upon the  advantages 
     of civility,  hospitality,  generosity,  cooperation, 
     coherence,   honesty,   openness,    integrities, and 
     integrations of all different/complementary  peoples, 
     ideals, values, virtues, principles, etc. 
  
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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