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     What  kinds of disintegrative activities can lay  the
foundations  for integrative/constructive activities?  One
example would be an objective processes like blasting rock
to  make way  for an overall wanted  highway  through  the
mountains or digging foundations for a building.  But more
controversially  ---  making  way for a very wide  highway
through an undisturbed forest.

     The  higher  and more complexly  integrated  are  the
victims of  the  disintegrative-activities  ---   the more
questionable   the activities are as appropriate/effective
means  for  the  laying of  foundations  for  integrative-
activities.

     The  more  controversy,   alienation,   anger,    and
resentment  that  are  generated  by  the   disintegrative
activities  ---   the less likely it is that  it  will  be
possible for the  activities  to  lay firm foundations for
any subsequent integrative activities which will yield net
-overall-integrations in the long-term.

     In the  realms of humane civilizations --  it is very
difficult  to  engage  in  any  kinds  of   disintegrative
activities which disintegrate humans,  human-relationships
and human communities --- and thereby lay firm foundations
for any net overall integrations in the long term.

     In light  of the above --- it is questionable whether
well intended humans can promote  and/or  facilitate a net
overall  process of personal and communal integrations  by
activities  which  lead  to  their  own  personal   and/or
communal disintegrations.  Sacrificing one's-own integrity
--- is  not  an  effective  way  of  demonstrating  how to
facilitate and promote personal-and-communal integrations.
The  less  integrity  one has,  the less able  one  is  to
facilitate and promote additional integrations in  the Way
of Shalom.    Thus decreasing one's-own-integrity is not a
wise way to facilitate and promote integrations in the Way
of Shalom.

     When  we become diseased,  contentious,   alienative,
grumpy,    irritable,    etc.  ---   we are not likely  to
be effective  in facilitating and promoting   integrations
in the Way of Shalom.

     When  one  is  NOT in the Way of Shalom  one  is  NOT
likely  to  act  in  ways  which  facilitate  and  promote
disintegrations.

     When one is in the Way of Terrorism and Wars;  one IS
likely   to   act   in  ways  which   WILL   lead   toward
disintegrations.

     When   one   demonstrates   personal   and   communal
disintegrations ---  one is NOT likely to inspire,   guide
or     motivate       others       to       lead        in
personally/communally integrative ways.

     The    above  are  suggestive  of  why the  Myth   of
Redemptive  Violence/Coercion is so Impotent-in-Delivering
any form of: Redemption, Healing, Reconciliation, Honesty,
Hospitality, Peace or Shalom.

     We  need to keep the above in mind when  Domineering-
Leaders of any kind (Religious,  Political,  Technocratic,
Scientific,   Scholarly,  etc.)   ask us to sacrifice-our-
own-integrity  to  do  what "Must-Be-Done"   to  "Protect"
our  "Communal-Integrity".    The  request  itself  lacks:
integrity  and  coherence.    The request/demand does  not
hang-together and is likely to "hang"  those who follow it
"together".

     We  may  be asked to sacrifice-our-own  integrity  by
doing one or more of the following:

 1.  Being dishonest/deceptive/pretentious/arrogant.
 2.  Tolerating alienative vices.
 3.  Accepting bribes to buy disintegrative services.
 4.  Being scared into being quite and tolerant.
 5.  Tolerating alienative threats to us/others.
 6.  Honoring alienative dominant leaders.
 7.  Honoring/accepting alienative profits.
 8.  Neglecting Distributive-Justice.
 9.  Playing/Tolerating Collusive-Games-of-Self-Deception.
10.  Being indifferent to the suffering of poor-neighbors.
11.  Not taking good care of our physical/mental health.
12.  Not resting/relaxing/meditating/sleeping enough.
13.  Giving excessively - leading into our disintegration.
14.  Presuming to achieve what is impossible for us.
15.  Pretending that we are achieving what is impossible.
16.  Expecting that we will achieve what is impossible.
17.  Taking on more responsibilities than we can fulfill.
18.  Promising to achieve what we cannot achieve.
19.  Refusing to accept our limitations and mortality.
20.  Refusing to acknowledge our limitations/mortality.

     Many  of  the above behaviors are characteristic  of:
addicts, their codependent supporters, domineering-people,
unilateralists,   exclusivists,   and worshippers of  many
forms of fundamentalism.

                         (c) 2006 by Paul A. Smith in 
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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