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llull (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If you liked this you might also like a book called The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram.
llull (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Excellent and eloquent talk that made me go out looking for his book _Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures_.
clray123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It is not about "my world" vs. "your world" vs. "someone else's world". It's not about the personal importance of anyone's beliefs and private opinions. It's about reality.
There is only one reality, which we all may perceive more or less accurately. The inaccuracies *can* be checked for and corrected when they are found. Sticking to an inaccurate worldview despite facts is a harmful delusion, quite regardless of your cultural heritage.
lilhotboy247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I bet you do. How can you say it's outright stupidity if it's embraced in their cultural heritage if it's derived from something of importance; I'd say 90%+ of the time??? And voodoo has had proven methods of effectiveness. Not condoning every aspect(personally) but you seem to be putting SAFE things in your own categories. Which doesn't do much but form your own image of YOUR OWN perfect world in way; or that's @ least the way I & (I'm sure others) are perceiving some of your statements.
lilhotboy247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Then what is your take of psychics as of having "more in tuned" capabilities... Is that supersition or is that rationality ? ? ? You just seem to be so concrete in your answers...
amloft (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for posting this amazing talk! This is a powerful statement and one that deserves the widest audience. I only hope that the average "man on the street" can appreciate the profound beauty and poetry of indigenous culture and people of the world. I really get the feeling that Wade gets it. Nia:wen kowa/thank you!
clray123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, for example, I disagree with people spearing other people because it's traditional (I suspect that when a spear is put through someone, he/she would agree with me). I also disagree with wasting time on ineffective voodoo magic when you could be working on medicine which really works. I disagree with priests whose occupation is spreading mumbo-jumbo, and view themselves as superior to people who work for their living. I hope you get the general idea?
lilhotboy247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well you wrote: "...I have nothing against cultural diversity such as languages, art, music, different dress codes, different tastes and the like. I only have something against outright stupidity some people demonstrate by denying facts and believing in the supernatural. If their culture is built around such stupidity, then the world will be better off without it." Do you have an example; of your dis-agreement with?
clray123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The same shared by everyone else? There's only one, you see. Even if some folks don't notice.
lilhotboy247 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And what's "your reality" then ? ? ? |
