Re: The problems of being a Hindu ''convert''
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
Eastern Mind
I would say patience is the key.
EM offers wise words.
Also it is not what you wear but who you are. We all want to be accepted no doubt. Yet at the end of the day you have come into this world alone and will leave alone.
No one will be there to negeotiate anything different - family, friends, or otherwise.
So what is an approach ? .... what EM offers along with just being simple.
you mention,
I feel like im constantly having to justify or defend myself to the white community despite living in a town with a large muslim and asian population
What if your answer to questions is, Oh I enjoy this dress or style. And of your spiritual practices , It just feels right to me. IMHO you owe no-one a reason for your choices. You are bound by them. Keep them wholesome and people will notice. Do things that are uplifting, yet just be simple about it. It is our words & actions people are watching. Do the words match the action?
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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