…..in almost every part of the world and throught virtually all the centuries behind us, women has been regarded, and been taught to regard themselves, as the inferior to men. Women’s second class status is a pronounced aspect of every brand of religious fundamentlism-be it jewish, Christian, Islamic, or Hindu.Women as inferior is not an idea that supports female self-esteem.
men are judged, and are encouraged to judge themselves, by how well they can financially take care of others. Men are socialized to be “servants” fully as much as women; only the forms of culturally encouraged servitude are different. if a man cannot support a woman, he tends to lose stature in her eyes and in his own. it would take unusual independence and self-esteem to challenge this culturally induced attitude and to ask “why is this the gauge of my value as a man?”
throught human history, most societies and cultures have been dominated by the tribal mentality. the essence of the tribal mentality is that is makes as such the supreme good and denigrates the importance of the individual. In such a society the individual is socialized to hold him or herself in low self-esteem relative to the group. Pride tend to be labeled as vice. Self-sacrificed is enjoined. passionate individual attachment are seen as threatening to tribal values and tribal authority. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(indeed a great book for people who are not holding only their opinions and religions as truth. and who want to be selfish and want to develop their self-esteem.)
Forgive
I hold it true that thoughts are things;
in my opinion Happiness is a cause not an effect. the illustration that comes from the book named City Dharma is quite correct. the same illustration comes from the book named power of now. the same illustration can be sited that you need not seek the happiness, you can be happy right now. seeking comes into future, if we see the power of now. we realise that we have contradction within ourself. there is ego/past within us that seeks its survival in past and future. we become lost in thoughts and believe our stories to be true. we make any identity of ourselves by what happened in past, negative or positive. by doing this we do not respect the love of nature around us. we do not realise the beauty of nature embeeded in plants, trees, sky, animals. and we see other human beings who are also lost in mind. so we try to figure out whose pain is more – mine or theirs? we ask for happiness outside, in our position, bank balances, looks, opinions. and we get frustrated many times by indulging in self seeking behaviors. first thing to accpet the pain as part of you. accpet what is happiness or unhappiness. accpetance and surreder to life crate miracles.
