In these times of transition, there are more and more people coming from other parts of the world to our community. Part of my job is to create meeting places between "etnic norwegians" and our new citizens. It is a huge task to remove the prejudices that exist on both sides; to remove the consciousness of separation - that "they" and "we" are different human beings. Of course we have different cultural expressions, but we are not different!
The sufi path of removing the barriers between "me" and "you" makes it easier to embrace all kinds of cultural expressions. When I meet with prejudices of some kind - in myself or in others, I try to respond with a smile and these words:
An indian smile is as beautiful as a norwegian smile. :-)
Picture: From The Sufi Saint School in Ajmer. You may read more about the support for this school in SufiNews from Europe on Kinship here: www.sufi.no
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