RETURN TO recent.htm ESSAY-HYPER-LINKS Course Keys **** To Mitigate Our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts we must Work-Graciously to clarify in Our- Minds what are the Virtues and Virtuous-Patterns-of-Thoughts-Attitudes-and-Behaviors that Most-Merit: Honor, Admiration, Respect, Emulation, Encouragement, Favorable- Comments, Trust and possibly-even-reverence. To Mitigate Our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts we must also Work-Graciously to clarify in Our-Minds what are the Vices and Viscious-Patters-Patterns of-Thoughts-Attitudes and- Behaviors that Least-Merit: Honor, Admiration, Respect, Emulation, Encouragement, Favorable-Comments, Trust and Very-Unlikely; reverence. How can we Augment the former, and Mitigate the latter within our relationships in which we are unavoidably participants and complicit- - - for good or ill. The contrasts in patterns of thoughts and behaviors which revolve around human tendencies relating to the following realities - - - need to be the Gracious- Focus of Open-and-Honest-Dialogue about what merits MORE-ADMIRATION: Greed or Generosity ? Envy or Sharing ? Domination or Cooperation ? Arrogance or Humility ? Hubris or Meekness ? Contentions or Affirmations ? Grudges or Forgiveness ? Revenge or Hospitality ? Hoarding or Generosity ? Defensiveness or Reconciliation ? Exclusivity or Welcomes ? Demands or Listening ? Commands or Suggestions ? Taboos or Shalom ? Purifications or Integrations ? Conformity or Integrity ? Propriety or Creativity ? Superiority or Service ? Slavery or Liberation ? Punishments or Dialogues ? Excommunications or Reconciliations ? Banishments or Reunions ? Imprisonments or Relaxation ? Tension or Rest ? Contentions or Inquiries ? Hierarchies or Distributive-Justice ? Revenge or Reconciling-Justice ? To be complete in the above consideration, attention needs to be given to the contexts in each instance, and to what-differences, different-contexts-make.