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Show PAGE 4 UTAH INDEPENDENT POSITIVELY RIGHT By tion has been made that sensitivity training ought not to be condemned; that there are many kinds of sensitivity training-so- me good, and some bad. And it's true that a variety of sensitivity techniques has been developed, aimed at different groups. It's also true that there are methods of We need to examine the group therapy which are good. Jack Mason YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. so-call- YES YOU! One concerned citizen can make the difference between success and failure campaign, a public project, a P.T.A., an urban renewal hearing. In the many hundreds of confrontations each of us has each year with the collectivists and their schemes we can win the overwhelming majority of the time if we really know what we want to accomplish and will then take the time to develop a definite plan to accomplish it. service project, a 1) in a political fund-raisin- g This column will attempt to do three things: Inform. People, organizations and situations are the stuff of which both the progress and the decay of civilizations We'll be presenting and describing local are made. national and international problems, individuals and organ- izations. 2) differences. There are, believe, four identifying characteristics, one or more of which is found in every sensitivity training method, and each of which is negative in concept and therefore destructive in effect: The first characteristic is criticism of oneself and of others in a group situation. A primary result, depending on the individual, is either alienation or dependence. I The second characteristic is subordination of the individual to the group. A result is individual uncertainty and indecision when apart from the group. Another is amenability to totalitarian control. third characteristic is expression of one's every negative and destructive thought, no matter how fleeting or insignificant that thought may be in one's total personality, and no matter what effect its expression may have on others m the group. Results are the solidification of those transient feelings in oneself, and the infection of others in the group by tnose same destructive feelings. The Information can have little value if we don't decide how it affects and is affected by the total circumstance in which we find ourselves. Our aim here will be to define, more carefully tnan is often done, such terms as collectivism, conspiracy, law. ideology, conservative, etc., and to examine people, organizations and situations Analyze. light of these concepts. Information and ideas have little or no value 3) Motivate. someone until acts. We will attempt here to outime ways in which to motivate ourselves and others and ways to develop action plans to achieve positive results. in The overall aim of the column will be to provide working tools which each of us can use to help rebuild, by the voluntary efforts of ourselves and of those whom we can persuade to work with us, the truly great, progressive and free society for which our inspired forefathers laid the foundation. Reader contributions in any of the areas listed above will be welcome. Send your ideas or information to "POSITIVELY RIGHT", care of the UTAH INDEPENDENT. Box No. 6127. Salt Lake City, Utah, 84195 issue which has been much discussed locally in recent weeks but the nature of which many of us don't clearly understand is "sensitivity training". The sugges An so-call- fourth characteristic, increasing in prominence, is tactile and other sensory stimulation ranging from the each of of the participant in fully clothed limp body passing turn from participant to participant, through marathon light, touch and sound "experiences", to the unclothed body contact of the nude marathon. The results are to suggestion, erotic arousal, and confusion luberrative "cross talk') among the senses. The hyper-sensitivi- ty mis-direct- ed sensitivity approach is wholly The results are destructive of character and negative. disintegrative of personality. The stated aims of increasing Ii bring you the truth about activities in the state of Utah. SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO THE UTAH INDEPENDENT. months $6.00, one year $10.00, 2 years $18.00, order from Utah Independent, Box No. 6127. Salt Lake City, Utah, No. Telephone 84105. Send reprints to your friends and suggest they order reprints. Reprints of this issue for bulk mailing to one address: 1 copy 25C, 10 copies $1.00, 25 copies $2.00, 50 copies $3.50, 100 copies $6.50, 200 copies $12.00, 500 copies for sales tax. $28.00, 1,000 copies $50.00. Utahns add 4 6 484-433- 9. summary, the so-call- ed empathy, understanding, brotherly love and communication are positive and good, but they cannot be achieved by these negative techniques. Those who are honestly interested in achieving these aims will look to more positive approaches such as meditation and prayer, personal service, "listening', etc. and wili avoid the virulent and retrogressive "sensitivity" techniques. rm imIndependent To ed |