Why would we? We have been encouraged (indoctrinated) from infancy, to think this way.
As for many of you, indoctrinated into other religions & cultures, you no doubt have 'your cherished traditions' - as well. These traditions generally give 'us' a special (warm) feeling, of togetherness & belonging, and sense of 'oneness' - for those with similar thinking . . . but unfortunately, they also tend to keep us (Humanity) separate (& divided) & easily controlled ...
What we know has been acquired in the past. It provides a framework for interpreting what is occurring now. If we remain entrenched in what we think we know, we stagnate. We are not free to discover anything new.
In an earlier blog post, 'We Are All Unique',
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But, here is an excerpt: How much of your life is currently spent in exploration of what is novel? Have you become encrusted and weighted down with the barnacles of what is familiar, and ceased to investigate the unknown?
At what points in your life did you stop living in the ongoing wonder and examination of the unknown, instead settling for what you have been told or what you have concluded from a past experience?
How often have you been lulled by answers given to you by others, assimilating them as your own beliefs?
How much of what you know comes from what you have read, or heard, or previously experienced, rather than what you are discovering in your direct experience here and now?
In order to feel secure, most of us shore ourselves up with what we think we know and what we believe to be true. We take pride in what we know. Knowing is highly valued and not knowing is disdained.
As a result, we are reluctant to admit that we do not know what is true. We are embarrassed by not knowing. Who would think that not knowing has value?
New discoveries arise out of past knowledge that proves insufficient for the present circumstance.
Discoveries come about when we are willing to re-examine what we believed to be true.
I found his article quite enlightening, as he talked about 'not limiting yourself' to the current 'dogma' of the times.
He suggested being open to 'your own truths' - things that are in your 'consciousness', that seem right for you.
By doing so, you will remove mysticism - and have your own, true connection with the 'Creator'. By doing this, you will have access to the 'universes knowledge' i.e. truths.
In these difficult times, where leadership; both political & bureaucratic is lacking - the 'dogma' of the past, appears outdated, at best. Your/our truths need to be explored, in our minds eye.
I en-courage you all, to be open to the new ... & Remember, We are all 'Connected'; We are 'One' . . . And, SO IT IS!
A 'Hindi' greeting I would like to share with you.
"NAMASTE"
"I honor the place in you, where spirit lives
I honor the place in you, which is
of Love, of Truth, of Light, & of Peace.
When you are in that place in you,
and I am in that place in me;
then 'We Are One'."
Another quote, I want to share is from "Black Elk" - a famous Medicine Man & Holy Man of the Oglala "Lakota" (Sioux) - a second (2nd) cousin of "Crazy Horse".
In a Vision, Black Elk related:
"And while I stood there, I saw more than I can tell,
and understand more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner,
the shapes of all things, in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes,
as they must live together like 'one being'.
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people,
was one of many hoops, that made one circle;
wide as daylight & as 'starlight';
and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree,
to shelter all the children - of one mother & one father.
And I saw that it was holy."
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