This post is in response to a very interesting blog post on patriotism. I hope you’ll check it out. www.adaringadventure.com
Patriotism or nationalism, are not for me. I feel more a part of one family that is not limited to human form or earth, but all of nature and whatever drives its expansion.
I think there is a stage in our egoic development, when we need to compare and even compete with others to figure out how to relate to ourselves.
It seems your “pond if life” is growing to include others within it, instead of viewing them as separate from your country, or home. The time when people thought the universe was geocentric now seems almost humorous in the context of what we know at present. I think this mirrors the same expansion of awareness we go through socially and spiritually as our compassion grows.
We are in a time of growing awareness. Old beliefs that justified, or fed the idea that we are “different” seem to be fading away. As we mature spiritually we naturally focus more on our human similarities. What makes us equal?
We all are searching for inner peace, lasting fulfillment and joy.
I believe we’re all the same. Not bad or good, but at different stages of maturity. And each of us is doing our very best with the understanding we have right now.
Dogmatism is directly proportional to ones level of ignorance.
I believe humility and the willingness to listen to others and allow them their version of truth is a sign of wisdom.
It is possible to transcend the delusion that our way is best, as well as the desire to impose our point of view on others. This simply requires experience.
By experiencing repeated failure each time we try to change others to our way of thinking or living, we must see that the result of our well-intentioned activity is not what we wanted at all. Only in this way do we actually learn. Instead of focusing on changing others, we’ll learn to listen to, appreciate, and love them while always seeing them as their highest potential and striving to live up to ours. The days of taking what the family Dr. or our political or religious leaders say as truth are gone. We are too aware to follow blindly.
Accepting our faults and those of others, along with our differences is not defeat. It’s only putting our feet on the ground so we can take solid steps toward a brighter future.
This sort of popped out of me after reading the above referenced article. Please comment on your thoughts about this. I’d love to hear what you think and possibly discuss this further.
