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> a society that will treat you like a stranger and disown you if you don't get married, let alone if you have a relationship with someone of the same sex How
by andrei_says_ 5y ago
> a society that will treat you like a stranger and disown you if you don't get married, let alone if you have a relationship with someone of the same sex
How do you reconcile these within yourself?
My curiosity is about true spiritual practice - the alchemy inside your being.
Is your practice to humble yourself to the rules for example?
Or to follow them while knowing in your heart that they are limiting and possibly outdated?
Externally you could be taking the same actions. Internally it’s not the same.
- TchoBeer 5y agoI don't know how to reconcile them, and it's something I've been struggling to do for quite a while. Even when I was younger I didn't really believe, so going through the motions of spiritual practices I don't find particularly fulfilling to appease others is a familiar state of being. I sometimes find a nice feeling of belonging when I do these things, but that feeling is hard to maintain when my community hates my existence and would cast me out in a heartbeat if I was public about who I am.