
22: On Spiritual Rigidity, Word of Wisdom, & Gandhi as a Work in Progress
Latter Day Struggles
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Do We Cross Culturally?
When fear or anxiety is the underlying motivation, it pushes us to the extreme of rigidity. I've never had coffee in my life, but here's this guy, i'm in his home, and this is his culture. So absolutely i drank it. No, i don't like it. I think its kind of gross. But i drank it with him because this is not a question of obedience. This is a question ofa, do i show love the way he was showing love? Do we cross cultural boundaries a, you know, or r am i going to be that rigid person who's going to offend him and reject him for some ridiculous religious belief? If hou'd
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