08-02-2017, 12:00 AM
sorry, Kao. I admit my message is not specifically warm hearted. Kinda rushed all in all. It feels to me that you go into the rational talk instead of thinking/feeling a bit into the heart of my message or even its context. It seemed to me that you complicate things unnecessarily - as far as my simple message was concerned 
. But that is not a crime 
The norm of the world where I am is the norm of the western world.
(wiki: The concept of the Western part of the Earth has its roots in Greco-Roman world in Europe, Judaism and the advent of Christianity in Ancient Israel.)
The people I normally meet on the street are not Tibetan monks or convicts. Plus, after all, we were talking about relationships... do you think I meet Tibetan monks and watch their courtships?
Nor is the GMO law or education relevant here in our discussion/context. In my opinion, our education in general (and by this I mean Europe and USA/Canada alike) is far from incredible because it does not go enough into EQ and emotional balance. Quite a few things that I value are not part of the Western cultural norm. It should be clear what norm I mean in general (I gave a wiki definition above to help with that) and little cultural differences are not a major factor to this norm.
The fact that I interact more in certain circles than others does not change the norm in the country or continent that we live in. The moment you step into the street you are engulfed by this norm.
In order to have a Tibetan monk norm, one would have to be engulfed by them instead.
I doubt that Tibetan monks are a norm for spiritual people. But hey, it's cool if that is the case for you. Pretty cool actually.
Norm means average, standard, usual, the majority. Monks are not a majority. Not even in spiritual circles. There are shamans (old school and new), sorcerers (old school and new), mages, wiccans, and who knows what else that are very far from interacting or looking up to imitate Tibetan monks. One could even count devout Christians as spiritual... put in the people who study the Kabalah and then the Indian spirituality stuff ... etc....one could go on.
I hope I answered your curiosity and/or questions a bit better here.
These last 2-3 days my head hurts from overheating. I just came from a pretty cold climate in Scotland. I hope I adjust soon...
. But that is not a crime The norm of the world where I am is the norm of the western world.
(wiki: The concept of the Western part of the Earth has its roots in Greco-Roman world in Europe, Judaism and the advent of Christianity in Ancient Israel.)
The people I normally meet on the street are not Tibetan monks or convicts. Plus, after all, we were talking about relationships... do you think I meet Tibetan monks and watch their courtships?
Nor is the GMO law or education relevant here in our discussion/context. In my opinion, our education in general (and by this I mean Europe and USA/Canada alike) is far from incredible because it does not go enough into EQ and emotional balance. Quite a few things that I value are not part of the Western cultural norm. It should be clear what norm I mean in general (I gave a wiki definition above to help with that) and little cultural differences are not a major factor to this norm.
The fact that I interact more in certain circles than others does not change the norm in the country or continent that we live in. The moment you step into the street you are engulfed by this norm.
In order to have a Tibetan monk norm, one would have to be engulfed by them instead
.I doubt that Tibetan monks are a norm for spiritual people. But hey, it's cool if that is the case for you
. Pretty cool actually. Norm means average, standard, usual, the majority. Monks are not a majority. Not even in spiritual circles. There are shamans (old school and new), sorcerers (old school and new), mages, wiccans, and who knows what else that are very far from interacting or looking up to imitate Tibetan monks. One could even count devout Christians as spiritual... put in the people who study the Kabalah and then the Indian spirituality stuff ... etc....one could go on.
I hope I answered your curiosity and/or questions a bit better here
. These last 2-3 days my head hurts from overheating
. I just came from a pretty cold climate in Scotland. I hope I adjust soon...