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     %CONSCIOUS SELF CONFIRM TRUTH OPEN HONEST LOVE 940512

     It makes a great difference whether or not we believe
that it makes sense for us to seek  to be in communication
through a cosmic spirit or consciousness as an integrative
power  operative  in  our  lives  as  individuals  and  as
communities.  If we believe that it makes no sense, we are
likely  to live in ways which will  confirm our belief  in
our essential  isolation  from  each other.     Our belief
then  is  a  negative reflexive  self-fulfilling  prophecy
which    leads   us   to   our   personal   and   communal
disintegration. Results of decisions  and actions in which
we  participate within the paradigm   which   flows   from
our   beliefs,   will  logically  confirm   the predictive
powers of the paradigm, its beliefs and its technologies.

     If  we believe that it does make sense for us to live
in   terms  of seeking to be in communication  through   a
cosmic  spirit or consciousness,  we are  likely  to  live
lives  of open and honest dialogue in communities where we
truly feel safe to be vulnerable---because of the exchange
of  gifts  of true security known as  the  freedom  to  be
safely  vulnerable  in  intimate  relationships  which  we
together   perceive  as  true expressions  of  the  cosmic
spirit/consciousness.       Thus our beliefs are  positive
reflexive self-fulfilling  prophecies which lead us to our
personal and communal integration.   Results of  decisions
and  actions in which we participate within  the  paradigm
which  flows  from  our beliefs,   confirm   the  positive
predictive  powers  of  the  paradigm, its beliefs and its
technologies.

     Mutually   exclusive   beliefs  can  (through   their
contrasting  self-fulfilling prophecies)  be confirmed  as
accurately  predictive through our reflexive decisions and
actions.    Some  beliefs lead to  personal  and  communal
integrity;  while contrasting beliefs lead to personal and
communal disintegration.   Both kinds of beliefs have  the
power  to  confirm (through their reflexive  consequences)
that the beliefs are reasonable,   accurately  predictive,
and valid.

     In  the  light of the above observations we  will  do
well to recognize that  it is often of little value to ask
whether  or  not the consequences of a belief  system  are
consonant with the belief system---for most belief systems
work effectively to fulfill their prophecies in reality or
in appearances.  It is wiser to ask if the consequences of
a  belief  system  lead  those people  who  are  the  most
complete   incarnations  of  the  belief  system   towards
personal and communal integrity;   or towards personal and
communal disintegration.
                         (c) 1997 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Integrity and Honesty"
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)

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