This is http://www.essayz.com/b0607141.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %BEING ABANDONED LEFT ALONE EXCOMMUNICATED NEIGHBOR 060714 %TAKING UP POLARIZED DICHOTOMIZED SIDES ARMY ALIENS 060714 %DIFFERENT PEOPLE THREATENED HOSTILITY ATTACKS LOVE 060714 %JOIN OPPOSING OPPOSITE NEGATIONS DENIGRATIONS EVIL 060714 %ELIMINATE DESTROY DEFECTIVE IMPERFECT RELATIONSHIP 060714 %ISOLATE LABELED UNKNOWN MISUNDERSTOOD INDIVIDUALS 060714 Many people do not want to be Left-Out of what is happening around them. The fear Being-Abandoned. When those around them are taking up sides in conflicts, many people cannot resist Joining-in-the-Pattern of Taking-Up- Sides --- in whatever the conflict may be; i.e., to join in the Polarizing-Activities. Few people can resist assuming that the Best-That- Can-Be-Done is to pick the "Good" = "Right" side; out of Just-Two-Options. Most people reject the possibility that there might be a More-Creative-and-Integrative way of responding. To do so would be to violate he Tacit-Rules of the Prevailing-Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self- Deception! Violence-can-be-Mitigated only by Letting-Go-of-The- Myth-of-Redemptive-Violence; not by Augmenting-The-Use-of- Violence; or by Augmenting-The-Use-of: 1. Coercion, 2. Fear, 3. Terror, 4. Terrorists, 5. Unilateral-Actions, 6. Domination-Systems, 7. Objectifications-of-People, 8. Excommunications, 9. Alienation, and/or 10. Dishonesty. The Cycle-of-Violence cannot be mitigated without describing and acknowledging the motivations of the people who are trapped in the Cycle-of-Violence which creates Evil-Relationships which undermining the possibilities of: 1. Cooperation, 2. Mutual-Understanding, 3. Reconciliation, 4. Healings, 5. Collaborative-Actions, 6. Liberation-Systems, 7. Reconciliations-of-People, 8. Honest-Dialogue, 9. Hospitality, and/or 10. True-Friendships-Evolving. Be Graciously-Together in the Many-Ways-of-Shalom! (c) 2006 by Paul A. Smith in "Search for Honesty and Integrity" (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================