05-22-2019, 09:11 AM
(05-21-2019, 06:19 PM)Diana Wrote: I don't think you can separate political debate (or any subject matter) from spiritual growth. And I think, for some, and sometimes for everyone, there is no conscious awareness of any connection between the mundane and the spitiual, so things surface as a result of a mundane conversation. This way one gets to the connection and the possibility of growth through awareness.
Couldn't agree with this more. In principle, I don't have any problem discussing any topic here. It is a source of much mystery and wondering on my part how the mundane, endless details provide the structures we push off of effect forward soul motion. The most bitter disputes here have spiritual utility. They would not occur if they didn't!
I'm just pointing out that, unlike any other forum where stuff like politics gets discussed, here we have a unique perspective available to us. We all share a grasp of what's at stake, and it's a different view than the rest of the world, generally. We don't have to let these topics run away with us. Here we have the option to practice putting aside the compulsion to win arguments -- instead, we can even use our disagreements as opportunities for something deeper to occur within us and between us.
It is a possibility is all I'm saying. Even if you disagree deeply with one another, use it! Use it to grow, to forgive, to expand, to become the other. The opportunity is right there and it will never be safer and more educational than among us, your fellow bozos confusedly bumbling around here.