thought for the day...

[evile]

spurred by an entry by kulilinei

"Oh, I can't talk to _____, they're not ______[christian, pagan, sharing my belief system.]"

change to

I CAN talk to them. I CAN work with them. I CAN achieve understanding and rapport. Because I AM [christian, pagan, living my life according to my belief system.]

My interactions aren't about controlling the other person, or making them think and believe as I do.

If I am working to be in alignment with my best thoughts, my most open heart, my best 'me'...I can talk with or work with ANYONE.

Just by giving up judgement and giving up needing or expecting them to behave a certain way.


Is this naive or foolish?

or is this me thinking & acting from LOVE rather than FEAR, as I've wanted to do & been trying to do for a long time now?

hm.

Comments

Belief systems can come between good people...

[arthurthedented.livejournal.com]

the NATURE of the person is generally more important than thier supposed belief system. those systems can (unfortunately) make good people reluctantly and sheepishly go along with bad things and perhaps in thier GOOD ways they mildly restrain bad people from doing thier worst in public... but in personal dealing I suspect the PERSON counts a whole lot more than which "holy book"/Mythology they subscribe to.

Some folk are mad, bad , dangerous and not to be dealt with regardless of what color sheepskin they wear... on the other end of the spectrum , I once upon a time was friends with a kind considerate , funny guy who thought he was a Neo Nazi (we were both highschool age and he pretty quickly grew out of it)

the only exception I personally know is satanists... when someone voluntarily chooses that label for themselve, run, dont walk away. oh and a couple of folks calling themselves Discordian's have been particularly sharp knives in my spine over the years too.

Re: Belief systems can come between good people...

[bramblekite.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to go ahead and let it be their problem, if the other person would rather value their own belief system and hold on to what they think I 'should' be and do.

I know a lot of people are not what they say they are, nor do they follow the belief system they profess to follow, rather choosing to adopt the buzzwords of a faith or culture and use those words to go on engaging in toxic behavior...

But that's not me.

Re: Belief systems can come between good people...

[arthurthedented.livejournal.com]

Thats so very very much *not* you indeed :)

How I SHOULD have said that is

I AGREE. what you say is true its the people that matter, not the 'belief systems'.. good people, left to thier own could get along just fine.

I do note the exceptions where I've found someone self choosing that lable was pretty much a screaming warning in itself...