Yes this is what I'm talking about Tinker. As I get older it seems clearer that the unexamined belife/idea/ideal/princilpe or opinion is not worth that much at all.
Again the regulars here will have noticed my likeing for disgusing the differances between us, it fascinates me, indeed it is a large part of my life. My wife and myself are not the same at all, she being atheist is not interested in my religious bent, but it is these differances that makes our life together soooo nice, we at least always have something to talk about. On 11 July, 03:27, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > "How hard or easy is it to think in ways that trancend cultural and > personal bias? Is it even possible?" - Lee > > It is very hard, impossible for most people. > Most people are not aware of how much of their belief structure is set > by their specific Life circumstances. It is necessary to be able to > fully recognize the basis of ones beliefs before one can transcend > their personal point of view to consider another. > > peace & Love > > On Jul 10, 8:38 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Now most people that post here regularly probably know by now that I > > am a white English convert to the Sikh religion. > > > So that I belong to at least a few Sikh forums should come as no > > supprise. It seems that some of my fellow Sikhs and I have running > > debates around the parts of Sikhi that I find are cultural and so I > > delcare them as uniportant. > > > Anybody who has a tiny bit of knowledge of Sikhi will have heard of > > the 5 k's, these are articles of faith that all baptised (Khalsa) > > Sikhs should wear at all times, these are (in English) Boxer short > > type pants(that is pants as in the UK, under garments not trousers) a > > dagger, a steel bangle, a comb(normaly worn in the hair) and long > > uncut hair(all body hair). > > > There are two main pieces of writing that we Sikhs are required to > > take note of. The first being our holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib, > > the second a document drawn up in the 30's by the ruling body who look > > after all of the Sikh temples worldwide. It is called the Rehat > > Maryada, and contianes amongst other things dogmatic rules for how a > > Khalsa Sikh should be and act. > > > Part of rehat states that men should always wear a turban. > > > This is one of these cultural things that I mention. Bear with me > > people I'm almost to the point. > > > When I debate the worth of this to Sikhi, which prides itself as being > > a globaly inclusive religion which states that all paths to God are > > valid, I inveriably get told that I am blinded by my own culture. > > Anyhoo It seems to me that the opposite is true, which brings me round > > to the gist of the post. > > > How hard or easy is it to think in ways that trancend cultural and > > personal bias? Is it even possible?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
