With the Western world falling apart spiritually, culturally and economically, we need a clear plan of action to reinvigorate and reawaken the spark within
This made me think a lot and I enjoyed it..... This may only be loosely connected to the post but I've been wondering how much in common is enough in common to make a group tight and if a large tight group is even possible. Here is an example, I've been training at a local bjj place which prides itself on been community first and community driven. There are maybe 200 members but other than training I have very little in common with almost everyone there. While I can imagine hanging around with a couple of the guys aside from training they all seem to be distracted or interested in the mundane day to day things which often annoy me..... So the connection is surface deep. You see this when in a non training environment and every discussion, joke or reference is back to sparring.... I am starting to wonder what level of commonality is needed for a true deep community.....maybe this is why religion stood the test of time? As it's not just "go to church" but rather "here is how we all live our lives and the things we focus on"...... I tried church a few times but the level of autism there seemed to be off the chart. Now strangely when I was younger, in my 20s I used to box and was friends with everyone in the gym, I can't decide if I was a more simple creature back then, if generally everyone had more in common naturally...... I don't even know if this is a question or observation but thought I'd share it
It's legitimate to see religion, especially within national and group borders, as sort of a meta-tribe. I think we're poorer without it and exposed to all manner of dangers
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This made me think a lot and I enjoyed it..... This may only be loosely connected to the post but I've been wondering how much in common is enough in common to make a group tight and if a large tight group is even possible. Here is an example, I've been training at a local bjj place which prides itself on been community first and community driven. There are maybe 200 members but other than training I have very little in common with almost everyone there. While I can imagine hanging around with a couple of the guys aside from training they all seem to be distracted or interested in the mundane day to day things which often annoy me..... So the connection is surface deep. You see this when in a non training environment and every discussion, joke or reference is back to sparring.... I am starting to wonder what level of commonality is needed for a true deep community.....maybe this is why religion stood the test of time? As it's not just "go to church" but rather "here is how we all live our lives and the things we focus on"...... I tried church a few times but the level of autism there seemed to be off the chart. Now strangely when I was younger, in my 20s I used to box and was friends with everyone in the gym, I can't decide if I was a more simple creature back then, if generally everyone had more in common naturally...... I don't even know if this is a question or observation but thought I'd share it
It's legitimate to see religion, especially within national and group borders, as sort of a meta-tribe. I think we're poorer without it and exposed to all manner of dangers