Prejudice

I often have to check in with myself and challenge my own biases and prejudice, because our unconscious bias, it’s always real, no matter how much we strive to do better and fight it. I too sometimes have to interrogate my thoughts, in the face of severe differences of science versus fiction, facts over spiritual or esoteric, supernatural spiritual beliefs.

What I’ve realised is that agnostic and scientific point of view can too have a heavy argumentative and opposing influence on how you approach the rising culture of esoteric new age cosmic or witchcraft led spiritual beliefs, because scepticism, my scepticism does make it difficult to avoid judgement and othering mentality.

What I’ve realised is that scepticism and scientific approach, which I strongly subscribe to, does create a rationality and logic based existential divide, but the question I ask myself, and this is despite me trying to cultivate absolute inclusivity and acceptance – does science, reason, logic and rationality supercede the invisible, esoteric, magic, ritualistic, faith based beliefs, or does that just makes us into arrogant pseudo intellectual assholes, with deeply rooted intellectual superiority complex?

If it’s the latter, it is very likely that I am going to continue living my life as an asshole, but with the huge rise in esoteric new age spirituality beliefs, this feels like a very relevant ethical, social politics and social divide contemplative question that is worth asking. It is therefore worth deciding where you stand for yourself, worth taking a critical, healthy scepticism promoting look, instead of falling into one of many trending indoctrinated traps, pushing you whichever way the wind blows .