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%OUR OWN ALIENATIVE EXCLUSIVE BEHAVIOR RELATIONSHIP 080115
  %DIFFICULT CORRUPTION CIVILIZATION CIVILITY GREED 080115
%CONFUSED GOOD EVIL ENEMIES INDIVIDUAL ISOLATED ONE 080115
  %EXCLUDED EXCOMMUNICATED REJECTED BANISHED FALLEN 080115

It  is  difficult for us to understand the  corruption  of
OUR-OWN civilizations because:

 1.  Through  our  corruption we are  confused  about  the
nature of "good"  and "evil";  i.e., about what/who can be
"good" and what/who can be "evil".  Knowledge about "good"
and  "evil"   is  not easily/safely  described  or  shared
without becoming: arrogant, self-righteous and/or proud in
other alienative-ways.

 2.  The  words  "good"   and  "evil"   are  best-used  in
describing    OUR-OWN-RELATIONSHIPS;    rather   than   in
describing  any ISOLATED:  people,   tribes,   coalitions,
communities,   neighbors,   villages,   cities,    states,
political-parties,    things,   ideals,   values,   hopes,
expectations,    demands,   commands,     laws,    taboos,
prescriptions,    proscriptions,   plans,   prerequisites,
religions, beliefs, rituals, life-styles,  etc.

 3.  The  words "good"  and "evil"  often pertain  to  the
corruptions of  our  ability  to sense OUR-OWN  Authentic-
Reflexive:   Meanings-And-Significance   within   OUR-OWN-
RELATIONSHIPS ---  rather  than  within  OUR-OWN-ISOLATED:
possessions, creations, visions,  dreams, desires,  hopes,
intentions, expectations,   demands,    commands,    laws,
taboos,      prescriptions,     proscriptions,      plans,
prerequisites, enemies, neighbors, friends, families, etc.

 4.  The  words  which  include and  are  most  intimately
related to the words  "friend",  "foe",  "enemy", "guide",
"good",   "evil",  etc.   ---  are corrupted by how we are
guided  by OUR-OWN:  GREED in desiring more than we  truly
need or  deserve ---  thereby corrupting our RELATIONSHIPS
with  others  who are LIKE-US in being  ALIENATED  through
OUR-OWN ALIENATIVE-DOMINEERING-BEHAVIORS.

 5.  We  cannot think/feel/relate in the  Healthy-Ways-of-
Shalom   when/while   we  are  preoccupied  with   OUR-OWN
realities of:  DOMINATION,  CONTROLS, COERCION,  VIOLENCE,
EXCLUSIVITY,  SUPERIORITY,  HIERARCHIES,  INVULNERABILITY,
INDEPENDENCE, etc.

     Be-Together in the Many-Gracious ways of Shalom.

                         (c) 2008 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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