Remember this.
I see you only through the lense of my world and life view,
which is distorted.
You see me only through the lense of your world and life view,
which is distorted.
That world and life view is fragile and vulnerable, built on sand; based on our conditioning, life experiences, things people and culture have told us all our lives, mostly unchallenged, our sphere of influence, books, teachers, and most of all our zip code.
Maybe, just maybe, that is why it is so important that we do not judge each other.
Judging is a form of domination and prejudice, hence a form of violence, just like labeling.
Judging further distorts my perception and your perception of others, of issues, of truth, of reality, of our whole world.
Hmm. This then means
WE ARE ALL WRONG!
None of us really know.
No wonder we have become so divided, so polarized.
Why do we hate difference so much, when it is inevitable and it expands and deepens us so?
Why do we do and think things that are so wrong and so self destructive?
Loving people live in a loving world.
Hostile people live in a hostile world.
Here is a humbling collection of quotes that I must remember:
“Each of us creates a picture of our world by connecting a dozen or so of the trillions of dots that would need to be connected to make a ‘true’ portrait of the universe.” -- Sam Keen
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble; it’s what you know for sure that ain’t so.” – Mark Twain
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” - Bertrand Russell
“There is more faith in honest doubt than in all your Creeds” – A. L. Tennyson
"Those who know
don't talk.
Those who talk
don't know.
"Close your mouth,
Block off your senses,
Blunt your sharpness,
Untie your knots,
Soften your glare,
Settle your dust.
This is the primal identity."
(Lao Tzu, 2500 years ago)
Excellent Article!
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