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This is http://www.essayz.com/a9804301.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.} ========================================================== %LETTING GO EXTREMIST PREOCCUPATION MEANS SECURE+980430 %SALVATION KEYS KINGDOM HEAVEN CONTROL SECURITY 980430 We can never rest so long as we clutch at and cling to what we regard as the keys to salvation, security and the kingdom of heaven. In our desperation to control such keys we lose all that is essential to personal and communal integrity. We try to win by being "better" in alienative ways; be proving our superiority through proving other people's inferiority. We put people "down" in order that we may be "up". To enjoy true living, security, joy and integrity --- we need to discover and share the secrets of letting go of wanting/needing: To be "better" than others. Security through invulnerability. Control over outcomes of our decisions and actions. To appear to be other than what we really are. Conformity of self to some standard pattern. Ourselves and others to be perfect in some sense. To eliminate all reminders of past imperfections. To be told things; which are not true and loving. Others others to take care of all our needs. To control things and people we do not know. More and more to fill our emptiness and desolation. When we cannot let go of our burdens we are bound to be tired, grumpy, contentious, and unable to see what is wrong with our life-style. We are likely to blame others for our troubles, fears and anxieties --- and fail to do what we need to do in order to enjoy open and honest dialogue with many people whom we have learned to fear and contend with. So long as we refuse to let go --- we cannot be content with each other in healthy personal relationships. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================