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 %PREOCCUPATION FOCUS CONCERNS QUESTIONS BEAR FRUIT 981115                               
                                                                                                                               
     Those  people  who have their eyes and ears open  and                                                                    
are  seeking to discern what kinds of fruit flow from what                                                                     
kinds of preoccupations, foci,  concerns and questions ---                               
may find that the following often bear bitter fruit:                                                                           
                                                                                                                               
     1.  Preoccupations  with issues of control:   who-is,                                                           
who-gains, who-pays, how, why, etc?                                               
                                                                                                                               
     2.  Preoccupations  with  personal  superiority   and                                                                 
inferiority: who-is-best, who-is-worst; who-is-saved, who-                                                                     
is-dammed;  who-saved-whom, who-was-saved; etc?                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
     3.  Preoccupations   with   superior  technology   to                                                  
achieve:   salvation,  significance,  meaning,   security,                                                                     
invulnerability, tranquility, shalom, peace,  equilibrium,                                                                     
balance, etc?                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                               
     4.   Preoccupations   with  achievements by which  to                                                                     
attain:  prestige,   honor,   wealth,   housing,    power,                                             
perfection, knowledge, wisdom, certainty, etc?                                                                                 
                                                                                                                               
     5.  Preoccupations  with:  appearances,   reputation,                                                                     
happiness,  pleasure, security,  safety,  invulnerability,                                                                     
etc.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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