Opposite Land
Posted on Mon February 01, 2010 in Personal Growth
Tags: relationships culture ideas assumptions wisdom
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Can you imagine a scenario where you pay your doctor whenever you are well
(because s/he has done his/her job) but you DON’T pay your doctor whenever you
become unwell (because s/he failed to do his/her job of keeping you well)?
According to Derek Sivers, this is a common scenario in China. Incredible huh?
The video below illustrates how stepping out from our immediate
environment and away from those that share our assumptions, and into another
environment amongst people who hold different views, enables us to better
evaluate our own ideas and assumptions.
From
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn/201001/detribalize-yourself
Detribalize Yourself!
Think you know what's going on? Think again.
Published on January 29, 2010
According to Joseph Campbell,
an essential first step toward wisdom involves detribalization. We're all
members of tribes, which are determined by sets of shared assumptions. These
tribes can involve your ethnicity, your profession, where you went to school,
how much money you have, whether or not you have kids, preference for dogs vs.
cats . . . To begin the process of really seeing what's going on around us,
Campbell argued, we need to recognize and question these assumptions built into
our perspective.
"There's a flip side to everything," the
saying goes, and in a few minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways
you might not expect.
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Marc says:
on February 01, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Very interesting!
Thanks
perlman says:
on February 02, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Fascinating. If only this were true in the US.
gram85 says:
on February 05, 2010 at 01:08 PM
All of that can be found in the Bible and it won't get you side tracked in the wrong way. True wisdom is found by knowing God and listening to Him. It's amazing how many of these newly wise people are saying what God told us centuries ago And has been ignored by so many as all poppycock. The New Testament especially zeros in on how we are all one in this world. It still tells us to honor our own government but it doesn't tell us to call it all wrong or that someone else's government is all right.
lynn says:
on February 05, 2010 at 05:39 PM
@gram85
I can see what you're saying. Yes there are lessons that largely go unheeded that are reiterated over and over again, and they aren't new lessons.
For instance, I notice this a lot with thematic and storyline repetitions in movies. For instance, Avatar shares similarities with Dance With Wolves, Pocahontas and, my boyfriend says it's The Last Samurai with a happier ending. He also says much of our modern day movie themes and storylines can be traced back to ancient lore. Why? There are some things about us that haven't changed. We STILL need to be reminded to live in harmony with the environment and respect native inhabitants.