01-27-2011, 01:58 AM
I don't associate myself with any groups to a significant degree, that is, enough to base my definition of my self on membership in a group (e.g. I'm a liberal, I'm a conservative, etc.). I don't believe in any religion and while I feel affinity to the city and country I live in, and to certain political ideologies, I still see these as biases or bridges, not anything of significance. I like my family, I live with them, but I see them as individuals who I like on a personal level and not as members of a special group deserving special treatment. Yet the core of this density is groups, so I'm wondering if my lifetime of social ineptitude is based on my aversion to group mentality. I seldom conform and used to make a quite a point of pride on that. There have been a few occasions when I was in a group of people physically close together and I felt a good feeling, one I believe was unique to group experience. Is my aversion to groups a yellow ray energy center blockage or just something that would be useful to explore further since understanding peoples fondness of groups would help me polarize.
I bring this up because yesterday I criticized a practice of a certain group and people took offense because people who associate themselves with that group could take that personally, but this seems kind illogical to me. If someone told me "Bring4th members are whackjobs" I might be a little upset but I'd pass it off as them not really knowing that they're saying or as it being a subjective truth thats right for them even though its not right for me, I wouldn't take it personally, I recognize the difference between a group and members of that group. I'm thinking that perhaps the lesson for me is to not only accept people as they are, but accept groups as they are, and accept the concept of groups containing arbitrarily defined rules of an STS nature as a necessary part of 3D existence. I used to look at things very ideally, philosophically, theoretically, etc. and lost sight of the big picture and practicality, which lead me to basically be an ascetic. I'm realizing that compromise is necessary in all aspects of life. But I'm kind of troubled by where to draw the line, or do I draw one at all. If I see someone raping someone do I accept that? What does that mean? Would attempting to prevent it still fall under accepting it? What if I don't like the STS beliefs of a religion which creates an STO image for itself, why are people's religious beliefs so delicate and out of bounds? If someone of the Aztec religion sacrificed a human being would they not go to jail? Would they accuse the judicial system of discriminating against their religious beliefs? They probably would go to jail. So why is it okay for some religions to systematically oppress certain groups of people, or all members of that faith ("I am not worthy"), but if someone challenges them on it THEY become the jerk in most peoples eyes?
I bring this up because yesterday I criticized a practice of a certain group and people took offense because people who associate themselves with that group could take that personally, but this seems kind illogical to me. If someone told me "Bring4th members are whackjobs" I might be a little upset but I'd pass it off as them not really knowing that they're saying or as it being a subjective truth thats right for them even though its not right for me, I wouldn't take it personally, I recognize the difference between a group and members of that group. I'm thinking that perhaps the lesson for me is to not only accept people as they are, but accept groups as they are, and accept the concept of groups containing arbitrarily defined rules of an STS nature as a necessary part of 3D existence. I used to look at things very ideally, philosophically, theoretically, etc. and lost sight of the big picture and practicality, which lead me to basically be an ascetic. I'm realizing that compromise is necessary in all aspects of life. But I'm kind of troubled by where to draw the line, or do I draw one at all. If I see someone raping someone do I accept that? What does that mean? Would attempting to prevent it still fall under accepting it? What if I don't like the STS beliefs of a religion which creates an STO image for itself, why are people's religious beliefs so delicate and out of bounds? If someone of the Aztec religion sacrificed a human being would they not go to jail? Would they accuse the judicial system of discriminating against their religious beliefs? They probably would go to jail. So why is it okay for some religions to systematically oppress certain groups of people, or all members of that faith ("I am not worthy"), but if someone challenges them on it THEY become the jerk in most peoples eyes?