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%EXTREMISTS EXCESSIVE PREOCCUPATION EXCLUSIVE FORMS 040512
%IDEALISM PERFECTIONISM GOODNESS INDIVIDUALISTIC IT 040512
 %GOOD EVIL PERSON INVULNERABLE ESSENTIAL ABSOLUTES 040512
%TRUTHS DOCTRINES RITUALS DICHOTOMIES EITHER/OR God 040512
%JUDGE BITTER SWEET FRUITS CONSEQUENCES TRAGIC FOOL 040512
 %NUCLEAR WAR SPACESHIP EARTH FINITE PLANET FOSSILS 040512

      When any absolute/excessive preoccupation with any:

         exclusive presumed form of "goodness",
         individualistic/isolated form of "evil",
         presumed means to individualized salvation,
         presumed means to perpetual invulnerability,
         "essential" denigration/destruction,
         "essential" excommunication/punishment,
         "ideal-form", ritual, doctrine, scripture,
         "exclusive-organization-or-club",
         "exclusive-priority", etc.

      is unilaterally replaced with another of the above

      the "fruits" include some or all of the following:

             personal-disintegrations;
             communal-disintegrations;
             major increases in chaos/entropy/ignorance;
             continued coercion, conflict and/or violence;
             anger, resentment, rebellions, revenge;
             more polarizations, dichotomies, alienations;
             more arrogance, self-righteousness, greed . .

      No truly "sweat fruit"  or merit is gained by anyone
through any such unilateral replacement or substitution.

      No  form-of-extremism can helpfully replace  another
form-of-extremism.  Forms-of-extremism include: arrogance,
greed,  self-righteousness,  unilateralism,   exclusivity,
dichotomous-thinking,      collusive-games-of-mutual-self-
deception,  judgmentalism, legalism,  perfectionism, wars,
militarism,   military-industrial-complexes,   simplistic-
solutions,  technocratic-conflict-resolution,  domination-
systems, power-concentrations, etc.

      Each form-of-extremism can be healed/mitigated  only
through  truly  gracious  and  integrative  efforts  which
are:   open,  honest,  balanced,  mutual,   well-informed,
unbiased, just, peaceful, moderate, gradual  evolutionary,
etc.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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