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applying mental principles which they first learned during their humble
beginnings.A
Finally, we would find that people would be better than they look.
Scratch the surface of a „successful‟ individual in today‟s world, and more
often than not, you find a hollow interior, full of emotional pus and bad air.
This is inevitable when the physical me moves ahead of the internal
emotional me. In contrast, if mental growth happened first in the inner,
hidden world of Mercy identification, then whenever you broke through
the outer shell of an individual, you would be pleasantly surprised. The
pulp and yellow journalism of today searches so vigorously for hidden
garbage within the shell of success that the idea of the inner person being
better than the external image seems ludicrous, naive, and unimaginable.
But why not? Must our identity be forever shackled to the conditions of
our external existence, or is it possible for Mercy imagination, guided by
Perceiver logic, to envision and to build a better world? And if so, then
why not turn theoretical possibility into reality? Do we want to do
something about our failing society or will we merely applaud the band for
playing courageously as the ship of Western civilization sinks slowly
beneath the waves?
Transforming the me of Mercy identification brings positive benefits:
Ethnic and cultural conflict is replaced by cultural diversity.
Personal hardship becomes an opportunity for growth and success.
Life acquires meaning and people turn into persons.How did I get onto this topic, anyway? Let‟s see. It started with a look
at Teacher „multiple personalities‟ and „schizophrenia.‟ Then I opened my
big mouth and stated that our whole Western world is suffering from these
diseases in intellectual form. After that, I suggested that these mental
illnesses were evidence that the me of our physical bodies had moved
ahead of the me of Mercy identification. Then I put my other foot in my
mouth, not yet extricating the first, and suggested that this mental
combination led inevitably to racism, sexism, and class division. From
there it was a short step to a full-blown monologue on Nazism and the
holocaust. Finally, I got frustrated and asked why we had to go through all
of this garbage. See, I warned you that I would head straight for a mudhole.
A Of course, these stories usually involve Contributor persons and external
wealth. This is a natural aberration in a society which emphasizes objective
knowledge. We will see that Contributor persons get ahead in our type of
twisted environment precisely because they can use conscious control to
combine rational thinking and application while still suppressing their
emotions. I suggest, however, that the general principle remains valid.