Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Tradition is the illusion of permanance.
Tradition is a very powerful force.
Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.
We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.
What gets in our way is history and culture and religion and economic conditions. It is part of the hypnosis of our social conditioning.
Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.
That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth.
We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
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