"Toleration is the best religion." - Victor Hugo
Those who are tolerant live as if on a cruise ship, going about their ways,
enjoying life as best they can with others.
Those who are intolerant row in a kayak, alone in their ways,
angry at most of the world.
Toleration is an elixir for the soul.
It puts us at rest with ourselves and others.
It allows friendships to bloom, where, else there would be none.
It opens conversation, where, else there would be silence.
Toleration allows our minds to widen and grow, instead of
scant thoughts wandering a narrow corridor.
It opens a way to learning and knowledge, understanding and wisdom
instead of rank denial, ignorance, and oppression.
The intolerant send out over the world waves of revulsion.
The condescension of the intolerant is vanity in it's grossest form. The demand
of the intolerant's own morals and religious values is a
cancer in the soul of humanity.
Toleration, by contrast, is a form of love for those who are merely different.
It is a silent and willing gift for those who are not like you and I.
Toleration is almost divine, as mentioned by Victor Hugo.
If your religion conflicts with those who are different than you, it is solely
between your God and you, nowhere else.
If they conflict with your morals, it is simply your opinion
and nothing else.
Toleration is light, where, else there would be darkness.
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beyondtheveil posted on Jul 29, 2008
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eurekame said on Jul 29, 2008....
I presume that you are a open person, if more were this way then the world would be a better place. I like to believe that most people are tolerant...but some people's religion teaches intolerance. A sad thing. A very sad thing that has been waging war on our world for thousands of years...so how am I to say I'm tolerant of that? I guess in a way I'am intolerant...and I think I'm proud of that...humm this made me think....I like! -
wombat said on Jul 29, 2008....
This immediately brought to mind the church shooting in Tennessee recently. This is an example of intolerance in one person, but is also an example of intolerance on the broader scale.Can you close your eyes and imagine a world full of tolerance?(It's easy if you try.....) -
beyondtheveil said on Jul 29, 2008....
eureka- Oh, there are things I'm intolerant of and to make a list, it would be long indeed. But it would be of those who through word and/or deed harm others.
wombat- The man in your link is a good example of intolerance and harm. This man let it take him to rage, then to murder. It happens so often, and for what?
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queenparanoia said on Jul 30, 2008....
so true... although sometimes i feel like it's hard to be tolerant in the world where you were force to be intolerant... -
beyondtheveil said on Jul 30, 2008....
queenie- Kind of like a double edged sword, isn't it? I thought about some of my intolerance before writing this but wrote it anyway because its how I feel. -
gingersoul said on Jul 30, 2008....
BeyBey......as much as i would like to believe that the majority of us ungrateful human beings are indeed tolerant in their deep core .....i see too many examples around me and all over the world of the contrary..
Lets say that long streaks of tolerance get easily swamped by one single small gesture of intolerance...
Intolerance is loud, rude,and insensitive....people sometimes tend to to look to the other side and close their eyes and pretend intolerance didn't happen..
Well..it did happen...so how we react to it?
I used to be a lot more intolerant when i was younger.....i was seeing the world in black and white....no room for gray areas for me.....i used to criticize, point finger, ostracize and distant myself from the same mass i was proclaimed to feel compassionate for....this is what politics and religious closed views create...
In few words i was thinking the rest of the world was stupid....:-)
Due to education, friends and rethinking i gradually shifted to a more open and tolerant acceptance of the human fallible nature...but i still cringe on a daily basis for the still dominant stupidity i see around me...
Wondering how is possible being able to be tolerant and capable of at least understanding from where the other person might have taken their point of views on the major issues of life and still being intolerant about what hits us up close? There are two measures and two scales then?
What its close to us still remaining difficult to manage with a Buddha attitude while on big topic like injustice, race, religion, political view being able to be less skin wrong rubbed?
Is the poop my neighbor doesn't collect day after day more relevant for me and therefore requiring a highest management of my tolerance tool than the one i might need in accepting other more "big" behaviors?
Since i believe we are expressing our politics, religion and Ethic points of view every single moment of our life the tolerance we are able to use define us as well.....
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beyondtheveil said on Jul 30, 2008....
ginsoul- Oh, geez, I was so much like you when young. With me everything was black and white also, how could it be anything else?
But for most I think, with some age comes at least some wisdom, and toleration rises. We think more about our opinions and let more compassion seep in.
The post was written about those who do not learn, about those who do not delve deeply into thought of the suffering intolerance can bring. Tolerance can apply to anyone or any thing. We have to separate, check ourselves constantly.
How many times I've said 'I can barely tolerate...', but we do.
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silverwhisper said on Jul 31, 2008....
i have nothing really to add here, i just wanted to comment on the beauty of this blog entry. it's positively stunning.
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beyondtheveil said on Jul 31, 2008....
Thank you, Ed. -
emptyplaces said on Aug 04, 2008....
just the word "tolerance", i dunno, it's arrogant, i think. maybe a nicer word like "to be open to" or "nonjudgemental". english is not my native language but this word always disturbs me. oh, don't get me wrong, by the way, beyondtheveil. i truly can see myself in what you write. it's just this word. :) -
beyondtheveil said on Aug 04, 2008....
empty- I can understand that. We do, after all, feel words. To me, arrogance shows itself in intolerance.
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