About Us Humans

Tag: diversity

  • God totally loves atheists, too!

    God totally loves atheists, too!

    Somewhere I picked up that God loves atheists, too. Because, remember this: His main concern for people is that they are good to themselves and then to others. Because only if you can accept, value, appreciate, and love yourself, you can then truly love (and accept) your fellow human beings. So a loving and thus caring atheist serves God better than a narrow-minded religious person who doesn’t respect others.

    So this message of “self-love” (and acceptance) is rather important to remember for all of us. This is because this message should remind us of the following: You shouldn’t force other people to believe in God, Allah, Manituh (or whatever name is your favourite).

    Care about yourself first – not in a self-absorbed way, but in a tender, accepting way. Radiating from inner love within, out to others. Then you will truly find God. Because he first wants and needs to talk to you. Go within, first.

    Taken from here: https://www.pinterest.de/pin/211880357448402764/?lp=true

    Thus, all of us should remember that this journey inwards is highly individual. It totally depends on the person in question – everyone carries a different “essence” so to say. I have written on the topic of diversity and indiviuality here before. See this or this post (or click the “diversity tag” on the right).

    So, if you then consider that each person (and his journey) is different you could also then realize that many people – quite more than you might think, to be honest 🙂 – have already found God.

    They did so simply by seeing that there is some kind of order and driving power in this world. They just may use a different name for it than you do. They could call it “universe” (my ex-spouse does so), “universal power”, “balancing force” (as above so below), or maybe a completely different name.

    But such kind and caring people have noticed that there’s more to this universe than we can grasp. It’s like electrictity. You can’t see electricity … BUT you can see that your lightbulb lights up, your refrigirator keeps humming along, your stove gets hot, etc. You get the idea, right?!

    So please, please, … relax and focus on the good in you and your fellow beings.

    Namaste 🙏 …. Sebastian

  • Johannes Czwalina on diversity

    I just found the following text passage by the German author, theologian, and corporate consultant Johannes Czwalina in my quotes collection. In this text passage he absolutely beautifully describes human diversity and individual purpose on this earth. I could not have found better words, so I thought I’d share them with you.

    This is an English translation from the German passage which I recorded back then. Unfortunately I haven’t recorded where I got this passage from. But anway … enjoy Johannes’ words,

    Each person represents a unique, unmistakable combination of strengths and weaknesses, of talents and idiosyncrasies. His individuality, his uniqueness are not random products. Every wrinkle in the face, every smile on the lips, every sadness in the heart, every fear in the stomach is a unique sight on this earth. This uniqueness corresponds to something besides his job, which fulfills him today and can be gone tomorrow, something like a unique life task, which requires exactly those character traits that he combines in him as a single person. This includes the weaknesses and the areas he may be ashamed of. This life mission is part of the deeper meaning of life, its redemption for personal fulfillment.

    Johannes Czwalina

  • Diversity according to Ayurveda

    The first time I stumbled upon the notion that humans are in fact different was when Ayurveda came into my life. Ayurveda is an ancient indian wisdom and teaching about our body, energies, and health.

    Ayurveda has the notion that there are three different types or elements.

    • Vata (element “air”)
    • Pitta (element “fire”)
    • Kapha (element “earth”)

    Each person tends to fall into one of these types. Usually, one type prevails, but people can also be a mix of types. Furthermore, the type is not fixed for the whole life, but can vary over different phases. Some people are even a balanced mix of all three types.

    If you want to find out your type you can take this short test.

    Why should you do this? Once you know your type and it’s associated attributes you can for example better understand why your body reacts to different foods the way it does.

    Each type has different preferences or needs when it comes to food. Vatas for example are very agile and need lots of grounding, i.e. they can mainly benefit from warm food and drinks. The warmth balances their energetic nature and keeps them stable.

    Kapha types (the other end of the spectrum) are already very grounded – and sometimes sluggish – by their nature. You can usually (but not always) spot them by their large body mass and heavy stature. These types need “a kick in the butt” so to say. They should avoid heavy foods and can benefit from energizing things like spices or coffee.

    If your interested and want to learn more … the web is full with tons of information on Ayurveda. Happy exploring.