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   %SHALOM PRODUCTS THINGS ACHIEVEMENTS POSSESSIONS 041221
 %OWNERSHIP CONTROL STOLEN KEPT ONESELF ALONG ALIEN 041221
  %IMPROVED MANUFACTURE MANAGE UNILATERAL ENJOYMENT 041221
  %SAFELY INVULNERABLE DOMINATION COERCION VIOLENCE 041221
      %IMPOSITION CONFORMITY IDEAL-FORMALITY RITUAL 041221
%DOCTRINE CONFESSIONAL ABSOLUTE-TRUTH PARADIGM JUST 041221

     Just what is SHALOM?

     Shalom  is  NOT  a product,   thing,   achievement or
possession.

     Shalom can NOT be owned,  controlled,  stolen or kept
for oneself alone.

     Shalom cannot be produced, improved,  MANufactured or
MANaged by anyone unilaterally.

     Shalom   entails  the  enjoyment  of   being   safely
vulnerable.

     Shalom does NOT-ENTAIL any kind of INVULNERABILITY.

     Shalom does NOT-ENTAIL any kind of UNILATERAL action.

     Shalom   does  NOT-ENTAIL  any  kind  of  DOMINATION,
COERCION, VIOLENCE, IMPOSITION,

     Shalom  does NOT-ENTAIL any kind of CONFORMITY to any
IDEAL-FORM,   FORMALITY,   RITUAL,    DOCTRINAL-STATEMENT,
CONFESSIONAL-STATEMENT,  ABSOLUTE-TRUTH, PARADIGM, PROPER-
PROCEDURE,  POLITY,  ORTHODOXY,  PERSONAL-LOYALTY,  BEING-
BETTER,      BEING-SUPERIOR,      CONCENTRATIONS-OF-POWER,
CONCENTRATIONS  OF  WEALTH,   OR ANY KIND  OF  UNILATERAL-
SACRIFICE.

     Shalom DOES-ENTAIL:   COOPERATION,  TRUE-LOVERS, JOY,
COLLABORATION,   KINDNESS,  SHARING, GIVING-AND-RECEIVING,
LIBERATION,   DEFENDING-OTHERS-RIGHTS,   DEFENDING-OTHERS-
FREEDOMS,   FACILITATING-DISTRIBUTIVE-JUSTICE,   PERSONAL-
INTEGRITIES, COMMUNAL-INTEGRITIES.

     Shalom  DOES-ENTAIL:  honesty,  balance,   mutuality,
humility,   meekness,   modesty,  gentleness,   tolerance,
mutual-respect,  mutual-consideration,  mutual-assistance,
mutual-complementation AND forgiveness.

     Shalom DOES-NOT-ENTAIL sacrificing: honesty, balance,
mutuality,  humility,   meekness,   modesty,   gentleness,
tolerance, mutual-respect,  mutual-consideration,  mutual-
assistance, mutual-complementation OR forgiveness.

     Shalom  is UNDERMINED-BY:  war,   threats,   anxiety,
fears-of-alienation,   fears-of-estrangement,    fears-of-
excommunication,  fears-of-domination, evil-relationships,
fears-of-unilateral-actions and fears-of-isolation.

     Shalom CAN-NOT be: imposed from outside,  stolen from
others, given-unilaterally, sold-with-integrity,  created-
for-one-self,   created-for-one's-own   or   unilaterally-
rescued-from-chaos.

     Shalom   pertains   to   inter-personal-relationships
within  which  others  have enough to meet  all  essential
human needs, just as we do with distributive-justice.

     Shalom  is  NOT-FACILITATED by:  anybody having more-
than-enough,  getting-more-than-enough,  having-more-than-
enough, controlling-more-than-enough,  managing-more-than-
enough; OR MORE-THAN-OTHERS.

     Shalom  is NOT-A-REWARD for:  conformity,  propriety,
appearances, loyalty, worship, reverence, honor,  service,
achievements,   productivity,  work,  effort,   sincerity,
unity,   concentration,   polarization,   dichotomization,
extremism,   terrorism,  winning,  defeating,  opposition,
destruction-of-evil,   overcoming-evil-people, or for any
other created thing outside-of-shalom.

     True-Lovers know shalom together with each other.

     Domineering-People cannot create or know shalom.

     Heaven is NOT a future-reward.

     Hell is NOT a future-punishment.

     Shalom is the kingdom-of-heaven at-hand-now.

     Hell is in our evil-relationships here-and-now.

     Cooperate in enjoying Shalom together here-and-now!

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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