KEYS **** We need to DISCERN in Private-and-Public Open-and-Honest-Dialogues THE-CONTEXTS-WITHIN-WHICH People-Gain-PROFITS-FOR-THEMSELVES as Greedy-Egocentric Domineering-Bullies AT-THE-EXPENSE-OF Initiating and/or Augmenting Alienative-Conflicts and Patterns-of-ALIENATION: Such CONTEXTS may be Helpfully-Characterized in terms of the Prevailing-Presence-Within-Them OF: Corporations Domineering-Bullies Mobbing-Mobsters Advertisements "Promises" Seductive-Offers "Idealism" "Investments" "Economic-Systems" "Capitalism" "Possessions" "Territories" "News-Reporters" "Entertainers" "Pretentions" "Capitalists" "Wealthy-Managers" Corporate CEOs "Secrets" "Collusions" "Defensive-People" "Vulnerable-People" "Winners" "Losers" "Competitions" Military-Industrial-Congressional-Complexes "Winners-of-Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self-Deception" How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-Help-To-Mitigate-Our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-MITIGATE-COMPLICITY-Within-Alienative-Conflicts? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-AWAY-FROM-Alienative-Conflicts? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-SUSTAINABLE-Life-Styles? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-SUSTAINABLE-Ideals, Values & Principles? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-Our-Own LIMITS-and-LIMITATIONS? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-EARTH'S LIMITS-and-LIMITATIONS? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-Cooperation-Colaboration-Coordination? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-Communication-Listening-and-Dialogue? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-Reconciliations-and Integrations? How can we within such CONTEXTS Graciously-SHIFT-ATTENTION-TOWARD-Setting-Integrative-Communal-Priorities? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We might find some helpful guidance in our searching by getting acquainted with and knowledgeable Of/About Native Cultures which our Modern-Civilizations have all but eliminated from the Crew of God's Astronomically- Tiny Space-Ship-Earth. Consider the following possible Native-American-Resources: "Lacota Woman by Mary Crow Dog with Richard Erdoes with ISBN Number 0-06-097389-7 Paperback "Indian Boyhood by Eastman "The Wisdom of the Native Americans" by Kent Nerbur New World Library with ISBN Number 1-57731-079-9 We need to search far and wide for the wisdom of original Native-Cultures all around Space-Ship-Earth. It may be helpful for you to do a search on the World-Wide-Web for "Indiginous Cultures". On March27, 2010 such a search with www.google.com yielded about 5,000,000 hits. Searches with additional descriptive words
might get you a more manageable set of hits relevant to your own interests.