Is it possible to just be....
I believe we as people have an awful habbit of having to define and label things whether they be beliefs, cultures, personalities, skin colour or whatever. Understandably if they were not named and defined there wud be obvious confusion but with defining what's what and who's who you are also automatically segregating and dividing. This leads to many other unwanted routes in itself with 'my dad is better than ur dad' scenarios...
Ofcourse it is fun to have ur allegiances..for example - different sports teams fans...but even these are also known to have turned into horrific scenes of violence and hatred at such a deep rooted level.
This is also replicated at a much bigger level with regards to religions and beliefs.
Your either a this or that...or u believe in this set of life guidelines or these, i believe we have been drilled and/or forced over the years to think in this way...regretably.
If you truly follow what you believe to be right in your heart, without harming or any bad intention towards any other conscious being then surely that is all you need.
This means being you and letting others be themselves and to know...to really know that if you follow what you believe to be right...not what wikipedia deems as right or what any text/person describes as right, then you are being true to yourself and ultimately doing the right thing. Letting others do the same is part of this and possibly the hardest for some.
Ofcourse our lives have been pulled and pushed in all areas with regards to what and what not to believe...sadly some more than others and to me this is the struggle. The struggle to realise and understand that i am not right or wrong in what i believe, and you are not right or wrong in what you believe. Rather i am me...and you are you and together we are, and we must base our decisions we make on what is right and true in ourselves at that time.
Personally i believe that the most precious thing here and why we are here is love. To love and to experience...
You dont have to be a lovey-dovey, auber-romantic flower child conservationalist to understand this.
The only thing i know to be true is love
peace
bananaman
apologies for the length of this
