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%CATALYSTS FOR SHALOM WAY CHARACTERIZED OPEN HONEST 061115
  %RISK MANAGEMENT DIALOGUE INTIMACY SEXUALITY JUST 061115
  %WEALTH POWER DISTRIBUTION JUSTICE SHARING GIVING 061115
%PERSONAL REFLEXIVE TRANSCENDENCE TECHNOCRACY OWNER 061115
%MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANALYSIS BOMBS 061115
%OBJECTIONABLE GENDER ROLE DEMONSTRATIONS ALIENATED 061115

     Each occasion of a person/couple being Ready-Willing-
and-Able to demonstrate a  Move-Toward-Shalom ---  can  be
Accepted-as-a-Catalyst of Shalom-as-The-Way Characterized-
by:

 1.  Open-and-Honest-Dialogue,
 2.  Inclusive-Hospitality,
 3.  Distributive-Justice-for-All,
 4.  Cooperation in Building-Sanctuaries-for-All,
 5.  Collaborations in Demonstrating Gracious-Balance,
 6.  Mutuality in Demonstrating-Complementary-Ideals,
 7.  Mutual-Acceptance of Complementary Values/Hopes,
 8.  Facilitations of Security-through-Vulnerability,
 9.  Sympathy-and-Empathy in Sharing Creative-Visions,
10.  Letting-Go of Hopes-for-Unilateral-Invulnerability.

     Even  with the most sincere and best of intentions it
is difficult for people who have been living in domination
contexts  to  move gracefully towards  being  together  in
Shalom.   Habitual assumption, attitudes,  and patterns of
thought/analysis persist following intellectual  decisions
to  try  to  change.    The  Domination-System's   habits,
assumptions,  attitudes,  and patterns of thought/analysis
often Dominate-People who are intellectually committed  to
transcending them.    The  following  Make-Difficult   any
transition   from  Enjoying  the  Fruits-of-Domination  to
Enjoying Being-Graciously-Together-in Shalom:

     1.  Habits of Playing-Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self-
Deception  conceal themselves,  their Bitter-consequences,
and   the   Sweet-Fruits  of  More-Integrative   Gracious-
Alternatives.

     2.  Sub-Conscious-Habits and  Affective-Relationships
can rarely  be changed by Purely-Intellectual,  Unilateral
and Simplistic-Management-Efforts.   They are More-Complex
than is usually evident.

     3.  Networks of Complicit-People who are  unknowingly
benefitting from  Distributive-Injustices  Understandably-
Resist-Change.

     4.  Overt  and  Confrontational efforts  to  generate
change  within the above contexts trigger more  resistance
to  change than to Subtle-and-Nuanced efforts  to  Subtly-
Guide Evolutions-in-Common-Practices.

     5.  Within   the   context  of  all  of  the   above,
Impatience is usually not constructive or helpful.

     6.  Given  all  of  the  above  it  is  difficult  to
maintain   Intentionality-and-Integrity  --- as  a  person
seeking  to  Facilitate-a-Transition  from  Domination  to
Being--Gracefully-Together-in-Shalom's-Ways.

     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)

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