Cleansing others.
Wars are impossible if we don't go through an extensive construction of the concept of othering. Subscribed to this construct are most of the institutions we actively participate in, telling ourselves, it's the only way to run the world. Take it down to your personal scale and today's nawal will teach us how we should treat, heal and understand our relationships with others.
We might see how crucial this is at the time we are living in. Depending on if we learn this or not, will be the outcome of our lives and the lives of all, the future of humanity.
1. Accepting yourself.
There is no point in wanting to improve relationships with other people as long as we are not accepting ourselves as we are. This is difficult since everything that has been weaved in society and modern culture has to do with domesticating us into an entity that is quite foreign to our own natural personality, identity, soul and state of being. Accepting yourself means accepting that society is profoundly sick and that othering yourself from it is the only healthy way to go. The challenge to sustain this is monumental, yet it's the only path to returning to your full potential.
The first step then in walking the path of cleansing yourself and this world is taking the actions where you can effectively include your true being into your life, even if that means drawing the line, cutting ties and distancing yourself from others. In a time when we desperately need to overcome alienation and create community, this seems counterintuitive. But this is how we create community. First you need to accept yourself into it, and the community needs to be that: a community that accepts you. Start that community where you are accepted. Once in that process, we can continue onto the next step.
2. Accepting others.
In the path where you are finally defending your uniqueness, accepting others that are still in the "othering" mentality is a challenge. Communities are that, a gathering of diverse beings, not a replication of the same individuals. Accepting yourself, and accepting others, is also accepting reality and finding a peaceful and clean place amidst the noise and the mess. Inevitably this means cleansing other people's shit, that's the shit we must deal with. So deal with it.
Cleansing others.
Wars are impossible if we don't go through an extensive construction of the concept of othering. Subscribed to this construct are most of the institutions we actively participate in, telling ourselves, it's the only way to run the world. Take it down to your personal scale and today's nawal will teach us how we should treat, heal and understand our relationships with others.
We might see how crucial this is at the time we are living in. Depending on if we learn this or not, will be the outcome of our lives and the lives of all, the future of humanity.
1. Accepting yourself.
There is no point in wanting to improve relationships with other people as long as we are not accepting ourselves as we are. This is difficult since everything that has been weaved in society and modern culture has to do with domesticating us into an entity that is quite foreign to our own natural personality, identity, soul and state of being. Accepting yourself means accepting that society is profoundly sick and that othering yourself from it is the only healthy way to go. The challenge to sustain this is monumental, yet it's the only path to returning to your full potential.
The first step then in walking the path of cleansing yourself and this world is taking the actions where you can effectively include your true being into your life, even if that means drawing the line, cutting ties and distancing yourself from others. In a time when we desperately need to overcome alienation and create community, this seems counterintuitive. But this is how we create community. First you need to accept yourself into it, and the community needs to be that: a community that accepts you. Start that community where you are accepted. Once in that process, we can continue onto the next step.
2. Accepting others.
In the path where you are finally defending your uniqueness, accepting others that are still in the "othering" mentality is a challenge. Communities are that, a gathering of diverse beings, not a replication of the same individuals. Accepting yourself, and accepting others, is also accepting reality and finding a peaceful and clean place amidst the noise and the mess. Inevitably this means cleansing other people's shit, that's the shit we must deal with. So deal with it.
