Sorry. I should have, indeed. My bad.If you're addressing me, could you quote or tag?
Its hard to explain without going off topic. For example, each country has its own flag. Each flag has its colors and its history. They are important to those sets of native inhabitants of that country for whatever reason. It represents who they are.
I don't think that is off-topic, at least so far.
And while I think that you have a point, I also think that there is a lot to be said about the relative merits of conscious adherence as contrasted to inheritance.
Perhaps more significant yet is that it seems to me that cultures are largely living constructs, and their subsistence is at least as dependent on vital flow and rediscovery as they are reliant on inherited tradition.
Of course, the flag (or cultural foundation) isnt fixed to one area. Colors and material and meanings arent alien to other countries. Yet, we do have different things we share. A lot of cultures want to keep their flag within their own country because of what it stands for and how they and no one else outside their history has personal ties to that said flag. In other words, (idiom-like phrase) the flag is not theirs. Not own as in possess but own as in who shares what and why as a group.
It would seem that for some people that holds more significance than others. I am definitely at the low end of that spectrum.
Then again, I am quite the mongrelman.
When a group doesnt want to share the story of their flag to others, they want to keep their tradition and history within their own country. Mostly because of, sorry to say, christian and muslim influence; so, its not possession as in its-mine-mine-mine. Its a symbol of survival. So, thats why people dont share their views because of that.
I was wondering if thats it or is there a deeper reason why spiritual topics are kept within one group but things like, whats your passion, can be discussed with anyone who shares interest or has interest in speaking of it.
It seems to me that true spirituality can only be fulfilled by respect to traditions to a certain degree. Daring to learn and practice is indispensable to go beyond that. Even if one wants to remain inside his or her inherited traditions.