TWO INTENTIONS There are two kinds of intentions, intrinsic intentions and instrumental intentions. Intrinsic intentions are the root intentions of the being, and are basically Divine and can not be changed and are the same for all beings. Instrumental intentions are computed from intrinsic intentions, according to what the person conceives about the universe. More commonly it is considered that one of the intrinsic intention of all beings is to survive or to manifest followed by periods of sleep. From this will come the instrumental intentions to suppress those things that are hindering his survival, and support those things which aid his survival. Everyone has intrinsic intentions and instrumental intentions, and everyone is suppressing anti survival factors and supporting pro survival factors in their own estimation. The difference then between an SP and a non SP, is sanity, which is the accurate estimation of other's intentions, abilities and effect. A person who perceives evil intrinsic intentions in another, will act instrumentally evil towards that other person. Perceiving evil intrinsic intention is always an error, thus such perceptions can not be considered sane. A person who perceives evil instrumental intentions in another toward himself, may perceive the same in return. Perceiving evil instrumental intentions in others can be in error and would in that case also be considered insane or at least severely mistaken. Others survival sometimes very innocently and simply conflicts with one's own, for example in the world of eating and being eaten. The difference then between an SP and a non SP comes down to knowing who or what your friends really are. The sane person accurately calculates who or what wants to, and is able to, help him survive and he responds in like kind, and he is also able to calculate who or what wants to, and is able to, harm him and he may responds in like kind if necessary. It is possible to even like scorpions. The insane person perceives evil instrumental intentions or ability where there is only support and sees good instrumental intentions or ability where there is only suppression. Both are operating on the same basis, the SP is merely wrong, confusing what is with what was or some other hallucination fabricated out of whole cloth. Homer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Homer Wilson Smith News, Web, Telnet Art Matrix - Lightlink (607) 277-0959 E-mail, FTP, Shell Internet Access, Ithaca NY homer@lightlink.com info@lightlink.com http://www.lightlink.com