This is http://www.essayz.com/b0803092.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.} ========================================================== Click on WELCOME for a quick tour of essayz.com ========================================================== %DEFAULT RESPONSE MODE FUNCTIONING COPING SUCCESS 080309 %FIGHT FLEE PREY PRAYER DOMINATE SUBMISSION FORMAL 080309 %INFORMAL RELIGIOUS SCIENTIFIC CONSPIRACIES SACRED 080309 %HOLY GODLY PARANOIA BENEVOLENT GOD HEAVEN HELL ID 080309 %EVIDENCE AUTHORITY OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTIVE 080309 %INSTITUTIONS INTUITIONS INTIMACIES RISKS COSTS SIN 080309 People differ as to which of many Default-Response-Mode they most often choose; for example: 1. Fight-or-Flee, 2. Prey-or-Prayer, 3. Dominate-or-Submit, 4. Religious-or-Scientific, 5. Formal-or-Informal, 6. Conspiracies-or-Benevolent-God, 7. Paranoia-or-Daily-Socializing, 8. Evidence-or-Revelations, 9. Objective-or-Subjective, 10. Institutions-or-Intimacies. The above choices may flow from people's different: 1. DNA, 2. Experiences-as-an-Infant, 3. Experiences-as-a-Young-Child, 4. Formal-and-Informal-Schooling, 5. Physiological-and-Mental Illnesses, 6. Religious-Training-and-Spiritual-Experiences, 7. Theological-Training and Meditations, 8. Training-in-Evidence-based-Research, 9. Training-in-Scientific-Theories-and-Research, 10. Experiences-in-Political-Leadership. 11. Experiences-WITH-Manipulated-Fears/Anxieties. 12. Experiences-In-Manipulating-Fears/Anxieties. Some people may be able to shift intentionally between different modes of default-functioning; and/or may be able to integrate different modes in a wholistic way. Other people may be unable to accept/tolerate other people functioning in any but their own default-functioning mode; and be threatened by the presence of other people who are functioning in an unfamiliar default-functioning mode. 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) ==========================================================