Institutions must by necessity be concerned with membership requirements, policies, procedures, protocols, and precedents. If they are working organizations, they need to have very clear criteria for hiring and firing, for supervision and management, and have rules for promotion and salaries. They have to be seriously concerned about lawsuits and litigation. You would resent them even more if they did not do these things well, but these are nevertheless ego needs and not soul needs. That is our common dilemma, and it is not easily resolved. But it can be a very creative tension.
