This is a long post.
I don't come here often and it's even more seldom I take part in a discussion. My choice.
So I haven't followed the whole debacle taken place lately. Maybe my point has been thoroughly penetrated already.
The internet is a fantastic tool for bringing people together from all over the world.
In the old days we had to physically travel to another country to meet with people from other cultures. Then we knew, or thought we knew, what we had in front of us so to say. We could see the difference, smell it and taste it. We were taught to go easy as not to offend other persons - or make a fool of oneself.
Today we don't know who's in front of us. Man, woman, adult, teenager. It doesn't always reveal itself. Suddenly we can't use the oldfashioned way of prejudice.
It gives way for a wonderful feeling. We respect each other far more than in real life.
The world is smaller. The world has moved into my living room. We get to know one another by means of the written word. Some are better at this than others.
As the discussion goes deeper and we feel more secure and at home with the new environment - new community-, we also give out more of ourselves. Sometimes we reveal a lot more of ourselves than we would have under other circumstances.
Computerised as we are, we still look upon the world with our own eyes and background. Our own perception of the world is whether you like it or not based on the religion we were brought up with. Religion in this case = life philosophy. Most often inherited since generations.
Religion forms our thoughts and actions. The obvious result is that we approach a given subject with different views. An innocent remark can be misunderstood.
This applies not only between people from different countries, it applies also within a country; between men and women; between ages - as the discussion on the Indigo subject clearly showed.
What do we learn from this? What is the "trend"? Will we be more "politically correct" ? Or will we step out of the discussion because we cannot acknowledge other peoples' views? I know I'm not the only one who have some homework to do, not only on the spiritual path.
I like Goldenisis' endings "Hail Eris"! I looked it up and I believe it could be loosely translated as "thank God for different opinions" .
The world will be a better place the day everyone deep within embraces the concept.
Namaste
Brit
