That is as amathiac as the fictional Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, from the Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy series of books, a beast which "The Guide calls the bugblatter the stupidest [sic] creature in the entire universe - so profoundly unintelligent that, if you can't see it, it assumes it can't see you". Unfortunately, it is a common problem.
Some other examples:
- shop assistants who assume you have the same likes, dislikes and preferences as them;
- family members who assume you have the same food preferences, hygiene and privacy habits and political inclinations as them;
- IT people who assume you solve problems the same way as them, or that anything not on the Internet is out of date;
- everyone who assumes that those from a different generation are clueless idiots;
- the clueless idiots in mine and other generations;
- people who assume coffee must be made a certain way (the last time I flew I had to argue with an idiot in Brisbane to get coffee that was strong enough), or that everyone likes chicken salt or tomato sauce on food;
In the overall scheme of things, it would seem to be a fairly minor thing - after all, rampant xenophobia is threatening to result in mass atrocities in a range of nations. The thing is, although the scale is different, the energy is the same, and there will be a resonant effect through the Magickal Principle of Harmony (what is termed "As Above, So Below" by others).
Now, not everyone can be in a position to do something about the bigger problems, but we CAN all do something about making small-minded, intolerant assumptions. Try asking, or finding out, and accepting that people do have differences - AND, UNLIKE THE PERSON I STARTED THIS POST WITH, THAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE VALID.
I'd use the term multiculturalism, but it is much broader than that.
Make a constructive change on this issue in your life now, and you will be doing what you can to change the bigger problems connected to it.
For those who are interested in the energetic aspects of this, I've made the following divinations:
[2] Please
see here, here and my post "The
Death of Wikipedia" for the reasons
I now recommend caution when using Wikipedia. I'm also exploring use of h2g2,
although that doesn't appear to be as extensive (h2g2 is intended - rather
engagingly - to be the Earth edition of
"The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").
[3] I apologise for the formatting: it seems Blogger is
no longer as WYSIWYG as it used to be, and there are a lot of unwanted
changes to layout made upon publishing, so I often have to edit it immediately
after publishing to get the format as close to what I want as possible.Love, light, hugs and blessings
Gnwmythr, Pagan Energy Worker, Wéofodthegn
(pronounced "new-MYTH-ear"; ... aka Bellatrix
Lux … aka Morinehtar … would-be drýicgan or maga
... )
My "blogiography" (list of all posts and guide as to how to best use this
site) is here, and my glossary/index is here.
I started this blog to cover karmic regression-rescue
(see here and here), and it grew ... See here for my group mind project, here and here for my "Pagans for Peace" project (and join me
for a few minutes at some time between 8 and 11 PM on Sunday, wherever you are,
to meditate-clear for peace), and here
for my bindrune kit-bag. I also strongly recommend
learning how to flame, ground
and shield, do alternate
nostril breathing, work
with colour, and see also here and be
flexible.
The real dividing line is not between
Christianity and Islam, Sunni and Shia, East and West. It is between people who
believe in coexistence, and those who don’t.
Tom Fletcher, Former UK
Ambassador to Lebanon
- If your “gut” (your instinct/intuition) is telling you something is wrong, but logic and the available evidence is saying otherwise, the proper conclusion to draw is that you need better, more personally credible evidence. Your “gut” could be wrong, right, or missing the nuances / “shades of grey” . So could the available evidence.
- All of the above - and this blog - could be wrong, or subject to context, perspective, or state of spiritual evolution ...
First published: Sunnudagr, 15th November, 2015
Last edited (excluding fixing typo's and other minor matters): Sunday, 15th November, 2015
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