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This is http://www.essayz.com/a9601252.htm Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay Click HERE on this line to find essays via Your-Key-Words. {Most frequent wordstarts of each essay will be put here.} ========================================================== %SELF RIGHTEOUS PRIDE PROUD ALIENATE BEHAVIOR BLIND 960125 Self-righteousness with its associated arrogance, pride and alienative behaviors---blind self-righteous people to most truths which others offer, but which are found offensive by the self-righteous. Self-righteous people separate themselves apart from humble people through exclusive behaviors---in exclusive clubs, churches, organizations and professions. They do not seek the truth, and do not recognize it when they stumble over the truth. They regard the truth, when they stumble over it, as an obstacle to getting what the want and feel that they deserve. The truth must be removed, gotten out of the way. They do not walk in the ways of the truth, because therein they often stumble over the truth which is in their way. Self-righteous people pride themselves on the basis of the criteria which they have chosen to distinguish themselves from those who are not as righteous as they are. Their criteria are deliberately alienative; grounds for creating separations between those who can be "trusted" and those who cannot be "trusted". But even those whom are most like the self-righteous are not worthy of real trust---because they are also dedicated to alienative exclusivity. Self-righteous people seek in manipulative ways to make other people vulnerable to their judgements and condemnations. Their self-righteous behaviors make other people insecure---and so invite defensive behaviors which will justify the judgements and condemnations which made people insecure and defensive. Self-righteous people are committed to promoting conflicts between separated people. They cannot see any value in peace-making or true conflict resolution. They have blinded themselves to the values of peace-making and true conflict resolution. They worship competition which tends towards eternal conflict and violence. Their collusive games of mutual self deception are not engaged in for purposes of integrative fellowship. They are deadly earnest and severe in enforcing the rules of their collusive games of mutual self deception; including the rule that the rules not be made clear through careful and honest articulation. Self-righteous people are playing collusive games of mutual self deception so that they can "enjoy" seeing themselves through the wishful visions of their closed and blinded eyes. They are out of touch with reality and out of touch with other people who are different than they are; humble, informed, in dialogue, and enjoying personal and communal integrity. But, they do not know that they are suffering, because they are out of touch. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================