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   The following is  like  what you would see upon using
   your chosen command with the ESSAYS System downloaded.

   %RELAX REST SABBATH SUNDAY LET GO SECURE DEFENSE 951028

      We  cannot love or be together in love so long as we
are preoccupied with issues of control;  e.g.,  who is  in
control,   being in control,  control towards what goal or
achievement, being controlled by whom or towards what end,
etc?

      If  we  are  preoccupied with issues of  control  we
cannot   relax   or  let-go---for  we  must   control  our
appearances  lest anybody catch us off-guard and  use  our
vulnerability as  an opportunity to take advantage of  our
weakness and control us.

      If  we  are preoccupied with issues  of  control  we
cannot  be truly secure---for true security is the freedom
to be safely vulnerable when not in control.

     If  we are preoccupied with issues of control we  are
bound  to be constantly defensive and alienative---because
we  dare not be vulnerable with our defenses down and  run
the risk of being controlled by another person who like us
is preoccupied with issues of control.

     If  we are preoccupied with issues of control we  are
bound   to   be   engaged  in  conflicts  where   we   are
manipulative, coercive and violent---for we and others who
are preoccupied with issues of control are bound to try to
manipulate  each other in coercive and violent ways in our
efforts to be totally in control on our own terms.

     If  we  are preoccupied with issues of control we  do
not dare to be engaged fully in cooperative ventures---for
such   cooperation  makes  us  vulnerable  in  ways  which
undermine our possibilities of being fully in control.

     If  we  are  preoccupied with issues  of  control  we
cannot cooperate in conflict resolution efforts---for  all
true  conflict  resolution entails  openness  and  honesty
about our needs,  fears, desires,  hopes and aspiration---
and   so   entails  vulnerability  and   letting   go   of
preoccupations with issues of control.

     If  we  are  preoccupied with issues  of  control  we
cannot  be peacemakers---for peacemaking entails  conflict
resolution   which  is  impossible  for  people  who   are
preoccupied with issues of control.

     If  we are preoccupied with issues of control we  are
dammed to hellish lives of conflict, coercion, dishonesty,
alienation,  violence,  anger, resentment,  depression and
hopelessness.

     If we are preoccupied with issues of control we  need
to  consider  carefully  the price we are paying  for  our
continued preoccupation with issues of control; and let go
of  such  futile preoccupations---and take some new  risks
which are unlikely to lead to such great sacrifices as our
preoccupation with issues of control.

                         (c) 1997 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Integrity and Honesty"
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)

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