"Ask not to challenge but to understand" - John Scott

The ego.

It is our greatest enemy.

How can we understand something if we refuse to look at it from the very root?

How can we learn if we refuse to hold on to what we already know?

Take culture, for example.

How can we say we have genuinely understood being a Filipino if we haven't been to the Philippines? Or the very least, live and interact with the Filipino community within our area?

In my own battle with the ego, I try to remember the words of my teachers.

"Try to understand... and not condemn" - Tiwariji

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Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.