KEYS **** We are not likely to make helpful choices in efforts to Mitigate-Our-Own-Alienative-Conflicts - - - if we d not clearly understand the tragic roles that are played in Tragic-Feed-Back-Loops by: Ignorance Alienation Mis-Understandings Confusion Prejudices Biases Insensitivity Fears Terrors Anxieties Provincialism Arrogance Egocentrism Greed Negativity Contentions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the above negative-realities are present - - - it may be helpful to ask others what affirmations are central in their lives, what goals they have, what aspirations motivate them, what grounds for hope are important to them; and seek to shift attention toward those affirmative-realities - - - while Letting-Go of Negative-Realities because they Do-Not-Work-Well.