Your mother is absolutely right, say hello from me, a stranger to her:).

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Trust must take that place of "making oneself understood". Relationships instead of analyzing things to death

Spot on.

You are so different from western folks,

Here I am confused. Do you think I belong to West?

but what I noticed is that it often comes from people from abroad who did not yet reach our western way of life, are brought up in a more traditional way, and have faith in the divine.

Perhaps you are right in your observations. I do belong to a strong traditional society which is still quite away from the total adoption of western individualism and related aspects.

Nevertheless, it is not like the influence has not reached here. Traditional values are being challenged and questioned. I am not at all against challenging the customs and traditions. Some negative aspects needs reconsideration instead of following them blindly. What I cringe about is the way it has been done. More aggressively and less thoughtfully. Shining one aspect tremandously, undermining the importance of the other totally.

It is like polarization. Being on one extreme or the other. People exhausted of one element strive to adopt the entire opposite without realizing that it has its own consequences. I think there is a need to figure out a balanceing point which requires more wisdom and contemplation, instead of claiming something as all good or all bad.

Unfortunately, I am not seeing this approach in the waves that are striving to bring the change in our traditional mindset.

For me, having faith in the divine is to accept something higher than me and to follow the teachings to "know myself".

I agree.

This does not mean that religion is always at its best, it is not and religious zealots are not meant.

Hmmmm. Being a Muslim, I believe that Qur'an is the best guidance and the ultimate truth for the whole mankind. The words that open up seas of wisdom for knowing our ownselves and beyond.

Nevertheless, the problem arises when these words land in the hands of notorious, nasty, greedy and selfish kind of people. They utilize its splits (excluding them from the context) for their own personal gains instead of reaching the truth.

People have made religion a weapon to validate their own desires. In such cases, religion really doesn't remain the best. In fact, a source to bring the worst

People are going insane to repair the world for everyone.

Yeah, unfortunately. Without knowing that there is a lot damage within themselves that needs to be adressed first.

Do you speak of adult children who betrayed their parents?

Yeah, I am talking about adult children who feel no shame in leaving elderly parents.

Thanks for taking your time for the exchange of thoughts. @erh.

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