Hermit crabs are not protected by their
own shells.
They generally use abandoned shells of
sea snails as armor
but they may also use other suitable
containers.
So, when a hermit crab outgrows his
shell,
he must seek another larger shelter.
I once saw a small plastic jar walking
about in the Philippines.
It was a hermit crab and I came to
think of religions,
worldviews and ideologies, as kinds of
protective shells.
Therefore, in your life, when your
religious beliefs, your political opinions
or your worldview begins to feel
restrictive and tight,
then you have to do something.
Then you have to start searching again.*
I look at it in this way:
Religions, worldviews and ideologies
are important
because they give us a group
affiliation.
We need a group to belong to.
We're pack animals, after all.
We can't fend for ourselves.
It's difficult to change worldview,
it's difficult to change identity,
but it's possible, nowadays.
A cult member can leave his cult and
become a careerist,
an alcoholic can stop drinking and
start running,
an atheist can suddenly be saved...
*
I believe that it is possible to drop
all religions and ideologies.
You don't have to become an atheist or a
nihilist.
You don't have to become anything.
It's not necessary any longer.
You don't have to follow this or that
spiritual teacher.
You don't have to belong to any
particular group.
Many people can afford to be just humans, nowadays.
We belong to a big group.
*
Well, those who belong to a
group,
those who are possessed by a
religious faith or a political ideology
neoliberals, political
Islamists, careerists or whatever,
they are always so much stronger.
They will forever be the
rulers on the this planet.
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