Alienative-Conflicts and Personal-Alienation-Patterns flow from Focusing-Upon and Being-Preoccupied-With: 1. Persons as Isolated-Individuals. 2. Persons as isolated-individuals - - - being: GOOD or EVIL, PURE-or-IMPURE, SAVED-or-DAMMED, REDEEMED-or DOOMED, SUPERIOR-or-INFERIOR, IN-CHARGE-or-Servants, DOMINANT-or-SUBMISSIVE, etc. 3. Behaviors of Persons as Individual-Isolated-Persons. 4. Standards for Individual-Isolated-Persons AS-SUCH to be-conformed-to, to-obey, be-submissive-to, etc. But Rarely Focusing in any Like-Manner Upon: Personal-Relationships Playing-Primary-Roles in MITIGATING: 1. Alienative-Conflicts and Associated Patterns-of-Personal-Alienation which include and feed-upon - - - 2. Personal: Ignorance, Misunderstanding, Confusion, Distrust, Suspicion, Secrecy, Pretentions, Attacks, Dishonesty, Domination, Violence, Coercion, Repressions, Suppressions, etc. 3. Greed, Hoarding, Egocentrism, Polarizations, Dichotomies, Conflicts, Battles, Competitions, Concentrations-of-Wealth and Concentrations-of-Power 4. Dominant, Misleading and/or Unbalanced: Ideals, Values, Principles, Virtues and Grounds for Hope. 5. Demands that Every-Individual Support Just-One: Coalition, Team, Army, Gang, or Mob-of-Domineering-Bullies - - - to Fight-for-the-Right To-Be-In-Control. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beware of the Alienation-that-is-Inherent-Within Accepting-and-Honoring any ONE-ALIENATIVE: Demand, Command, Taboo, Injunction, Law, Ritual, Tradition, or Practice - - - as having Exclusively-Highest: Rank-or-Standing over Complementary - - - Ideals, Values, Principles, Virtues, and Grounds for Hope within: Open-and-Honest-Dialogues Hospitality Generosity Distributive-Justice Personal-Integrity-and-Authenticity Balance-and-Mutuality Cooperation-and-Colaboration Equity-and-Modesty Humility-and-Coherence --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be Safely-Together In-Open-and-Honest-Dialogues Within Shalom's Gracious-Sanctuaries! Mitigating Our-Own Alienative-Conflicts