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%SUBSTANCE NATURE TRUTH ACTIVE HUMAN RESPONSE BEING 050501
 %INDIFFERENCE APATHY BOREDOM NEGLECT UNAWARE BLIND 050501
   %RECONCILE CONSTRUCTIVE INTEGRATIVE ENTHUSIASTIC 050501
%ATTENTIVE ATTUNED AWARE SAID SPEAK POWER CORRUPTED 050501

      What  is the substance and nature of a  "truth"   to
which:

     1.  The  only   active  human  responses  have  been:
alienative, destructive, disintegrative, etc.

     2.  Most human responsive have been characterized by:
indifference, apathy, boredom, neglect, etc?

     3.  Few  humans have responded to because  they  have
been totally unaware of the "truth"?

     Can  a  "truth"   be really true in  the  absence  of
meaningful humane responses which are active, reconciling,
constructive,    integrative,   enthusiastic,   attentive,
attuned, aware, etc?  If so, in just what sense can such a
"truth"  be said to be true?  To whom can it be said to be
true?   What difference can such a "truth"  make?   If  it
makes  NO difference,  in what sense can it be said to  be
true with integrity?    With what kind of integrity?  With
the integrity of what reality that is real in what sense?

     Can a "truth" be really-true in-the-absence-of-assent
and/or genuine affirmations of the "truth"  on the part of
people  who  are  truly-free  to refuse-to-assent-to  that
which they do not feel-like-affirming and/or assenting  to
because:

 1.  They do not understand the "truth".
 2.  They understand, but do not believe it to be true.
 3.  They resent those who would force-them-to-assent.
 4.  They understand how the "truth" may-easily-be-abused.
 5.  They know how the "truth" has-easily-been-abused.
 6.  They cannot see the "truth" as-coherent in any way.
 7.  They do not see the "truth" as-at-all-integrative.

     If a-truth-presentation is essentially-disintegrative
--- in what sense can it be said to be "true"?  We need to
ask    how    affirming-and-assenting-to    the    "truth-
presentation"  ---  will affect the integrities of diverse
humane-relationships.   We  need to think carefully  about
what would be a clear,  authentic and accurate response to
that  question!    We need to respond  to  the  ostensible
"truth" in the light of what is clear to us and others!

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