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   %STATEMENT TEXT WORDING IDEALS VALUES PRINCIPLES 040103
 %UNDERSTAND AGREE MEANING IMPLICATION LOVE COMMAND 040103
  %GENTLE KIND LIBERATE RESCUE EXPERT BELIEF DEVILS 040103
 %DIFFERENT ATTITUDE COSMOLOGY MYTH CONFLICT ABSENT 040103
 %DIALOGUE LISTEN LEARN CIVILITY HOSPITALITY PURITY 040103
 %ACCEPTANCE WELCOM INTEGRITIES INTEGRATIONS ACCEPT 040103

     Different  people  may  agree  on the  wording  of  a 
statement  of what ideals,  values and  principles  should 
guide human relationships ---  yet not understand or agree 
upon  what the statement means,  implies,  or  calls  for.  
Some  may  view  the word "love"  as  implying  discipline 
imposed  from  outside;  while others may  view  the  word 
"love"   as implying gentleness,  kindness and liberation.  
Some  may  view  the  word  "salvation"   as  implying   a 
unilateral rescue by "properly qualified"  experts;  while 
others  may view "salvation"  as implying liberation  from 
misleading beliefs, attitudes and practices. 
     
     Our  dilemma  is that while some people believe  that 
each  word  or  statement can  have  only  one  reasonable 
meaning;  other people recognize that different people are 
likely to recognize differing meanings and implications in 
the ways which  people  use  words  in  making  meaningful 
statements.  These differences in understandings often are 
rooted  in  different  (but not  articulated)   attitudes, 
beliefs and cosmologies.   Conflicts over such differences 
are  usually  intractable and cannot be  resolved  in  the 
absence   of  open  and  honest  discussions  within  true 
sanctuary communities.    Salvation  from  such  conflicts 
cannot be based upon  UNILATERAL beliefs,  understandings, 
interpretations  and actions.   People who believe in  the 
efficacy  of  UNILATERAL  actions are  unable  to  resolve 
conflicts  which  are  rooted  in  different  patterns  of 
discerning and/or interpreting the meanings of efforts  to 
communicate.  Thus conflict resolution is often impossible 
in  the  absence  of  civility,   hospitality,   kindness, 
generosity,  forgiveness, and reconciliation.  Domineering 
people often act in ways which exclude the presence of all 
that   is  essential  to   conflict   resolution.     Thus 
domineering  people entrap each other in endless  patterns 
of  conflict and need True-Lovers to reveal and  lead  the 
way into true peacemaking. 
  
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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