People with uncommon sexual preferences are often subject to prejudice.
I think this is because people have drawn a sphere around them; sphere of belongingness.
Sphere of Belongingness
Suppose I am boarding a train & some passenger pulls me & gets in first. One would expect me to frown & perhaps taunt that person. If that person would have been my own brother I wouldn't have bothered at all. Yes, familiarity breeds contempt.
Why do I bias between my own brother & some unknown passenger?
One might propose that because I have a so-called blood relation with my brother. But then we all came from the same blood.
Here, I remember one of my umpteen questions I shake my mother with. I asked her if we all are each others cousins then whom shall we marry. She was confused but finally said that we should not marry our siblings & first cousins.
So, we must select between whether to think inside the box or outside.
Its a bliss to belong to everyone.
Give everyone love. Expect love in return but don't warranty it. Don't hate anyone because they are not of your own color, religion or country. In fact when we talk about religion & country let us adopt all religions, let us belong to all countries.
This doesn't mean to observe all rituals of religion, in fact its not at all about adopting rituals, just accept all religions. For instance, terrorism is often associated with Islam; Let it be! Don't hate a Muslim because of it. Remember, there are only 5% of Muslims due to which Islam is infamous.
(In fact, when a person indulges in terrorism they automatically abandon their religion.)
Same with countries.
Observe countries just to be a geographical division, a mere geopolitical division meant for the purpose of harmony in administration.
Don't think you belong to a particular country, you belong to this whole cosmos, this entire earth as well. You just happen to be born at a particular place. That's it!
This sense of belongingness is holistic & not out of a particular need.
An aged guy would obviously want that old-age pension should have additional benefits;
a physically challenged would obviously want more facilities for people like them.
Actor Christopher Reeve started his charity centered on the Quadriplegia he had.
(to be contd...)
Why do I bias between my own brother & some unknown passenger?
One might propose that because I have a so-called blood relation with my brother. But then we all came from the same blood.
Here, I remember one of my umpteen questions I shake my mother with. I asked her if we all are each others cousins then whom shall we marry. She was confused but finally said that we should not marry our siblings & first cousins.
So, we must select between whether to think inside the box or outside.
Its a bliss to belong to everyone.
Give everyone love. Expect love in return but don't warranty it. Don't hate anyone because they are not of your own color, religion or country. In fact when we talk about religion & country let us adopt all religions, let us belong to all countries.
This doesn't mean to observe all rituals of religion, in fact its not at all about adopting rituals, just accept all religions. For instance, terrorism is often associated with Islam; Let it be! Don't hate a Muslim because of it. Remember, there are only 5% of Muslims due to which Islam is infamous.
(In fact, when a person indulges in terrorism they automatically abandon their religion.)
Same with countries.
Observe countries just to be a geographical division, a mere geopolitical division meant for the purpose of harmony in administration.
Don't think you belong to a particular country, you belong to this whole cosmos, this entire earth as well. You just happen to be born at a particular place. That's it!
This sense of belongingness is holistic & not out of a particular need.
An aged guy would obviously want that old-age pension should have additional benefits;
a physically challenged would obviously want more facilities for people like them.
Actor Christopher Reeve started his charity centered on the Quadriplegia he had.
(to be contd...)
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