Getting lulled into complacency or being required to believe and behave as everyone else in the clan do, are requirements for the religious conservatives.

As I learn how limiting ego can be and as I divest myself of its worst trapppings I have found that people are not nearly as critical as I had formerly thought.

While self regulation and self criticism are importatnt developmental tools sometimes a swift kick in the ass from the the outside is a postitive thing.



so ed, why do you feel so threatened and criticised anyway...
was your father distant and your other co.....(just kidding)