Category — MeditationRooms

What would the world be like without diversity? In a recent Sacramento Bee article regarding hospitals putting in meditation spaces, the negative comments in response were stuck on non-traditional religious groups having access. The proposed purpose of the rooms, according to the hospitals, was to offer places for patients, doctors, workers and others to seek spiritual encouragement and strength, or just quiet spaces for contemplation.

In the comments, however, the focus turned the spaces into battlegrounds. The nature of different religious groups and their day-to-day interaction became the focal point rather than an attempt to respect the needs of others to participate in their spiritual beliefs.

The United States of America touts itself as the champion of personal and religious freedoms, but as soon as an opportunity to express those freedom becomes available, the ugly head of negativity and discrimination still too often pops up.

If we would simply open our eyes and minds, we would see that along with all other species of plants and animals, humans also fit into the criteria of diversity. Whether we adhere to creationism or evolution, the world and everything in it consists of variety.

Those who are placing so much importance on how someone else worships, should consider the briefness of the human lifespan. Within approximately 100 years, everyone alive today will be gone, along with all their prejudice, animosity, distrust, anger, malice and hatred.

Rather than see meditation rooms as another war zone, perhaps we can declare them neutral territories in which to manifest peace, understanding and healing.