12-15-2009, 08:07 PM
(12-14-2009, 09:35 PM)thefool Wrote: I think it is like one Big country (Country A) going and putting their army into another smaller country (country B) so that other countries can not invade B. Now this may be good for B but are they considered free? Another example: in some religions they put a veil on a woman's face apparently to protect her from evil eyes. Are these women free?I think they're free if it is what they desire to do.
The hijab does not protect from evil eyes. Even if it may have been used as such once. It is now a symbol of islamic consciousness. I think everyone should be free to choose to wear it or not. I don't know many women who wear it but those I do know do so through their own free will even in the face of prejudice. The females in my group of Sufism tend to follow contemporary fashion and style.
In this light I believe that freedom does not depend on your clothes, it depends on your ability to create your own life and find your own sweet spot. For some this may be wearing a hijab. My personal expression of spiritual freedom has always been my long hair. There doesn't happen to be any religious rules promoting this in my environment. But some groups of jews among them rastafarians do consider it one of the do's...
@Nathan: as far as I understand by 2012 the human race will be at a point where this outside influence no longer affects them to the point of removing their own free will.
I followed Greer a bit he doesn't strike me as someone who knows the Law of One, he doesn't show he does. But I think the idea is that there's one world in one universe, this one, both perspectives have a unique vantage point at it, if they agree then that's actually a good sign for those perspectives even if they have little else in common.