Marginalized
“Do not seek wealth!”
“Do not seek social ascension!”
“Do not seek fame, even in science!”
These are all exaggerated quotes from Friday prayer’s sermon. The preacher was young and in the mature side of twenty something. The sermon dictated absolution from keystone drivers of human behavior; wealth, social mobility and legacy. All in favor of the afterlife. A simpler request was simply to incorporate the afterlife into your daily considerations. One dimensional perspectives are a dangerous function of passion in a given topic, and we are a passionate people.
If I want the afterlife, I must abandon life. If I want to be humanitarian, I must care locally first. If I label myself as conservative, I can never adopt liberal opinions. Center and balance are never an option. If you were a rubik’s cube, your entire beliefs and convictions exist in one side only, not to be mixed with another.
I wish we could be more inclusive.
[This story is a manifestation of my feeling when my entire pyramid of needs was marginalized.]
