I strongly encourage people to be strongly open-minded.
I was thinking the other day about an idea I have heard several times throughout my life. This idea encourages people to form no absolute opinion. It says a person, to remain open-minded, must not form their own opinions. It is said in different ways and inferred through different teachings but the idea is there.
So, I pondered on this idea. If a teaching is true and good then everyone can apply the teaching into their life. So, what would happen if every single person in a group maintained this idea in their own life? At first it might seem that a great exchange of ideas and grown might take place if we make a default judgement of our western prejudices. However, what ideas might be exchanged? If nobody has an opinion to give, share, or discuss how can there be an exchange of ideas? Nobody would be dedicated enough to any idea to seek it out further.
Progression would not occur. At all.
I think the truth is, though, that people naturally tend toward opinions. The hard part is making opinions based on sound sound judgment. If every person thought their opinions through and did not form opinions until they has thought about it (even just a little in some cases), the world would quickly progress toward a Zion-like society.
Forming opinions is necessary to progression of any kind.
I was thinking the other day about an idea I have heard several times throughout my life. This idea encourages people to form no absolute opinion. It says a person, to remain open-minded, must not form their own opinions. It is said in different ways and inferred through different teachings but the idea is there.
So, I pondered on this idea. If a teaching is true and good then everyone can apply the teaching into their life. So, what would happen if every single person in a group maintained this idea in their own life? At first it might seem that a great exchange of ideas and grown might take place if we make a default judgement of our western prejudices. However, what ideas might be exchanged? If nobody has an opinion to give, share, or discuss how can there be an exchange of ideas? Nobody would be dedicated enough to any idea to seek it out further.
Progression would not occur. At all.
I think the truth is, though, that people naturally tend toward opinions. The hard part is making opinions based on sound sound judgment. If every person thought their opinions through and did not form opinions until they has thought about it (even just a little in some cases), the world would quickly progress toward a Zion-like society.
Forming opinions is necessary to progression of any kind.
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