#the dangers of letting dogma go unquestioned

[twelveskidneys]

steven moffat really said alright how many aspects of modern society can i criticise in the one (1) episode i’m writing for this season

[radfemsiren]

I am from France and we've been living in quite an odd time regarding Islam. Muslims are an oppressed minority, our police forces are prejudiced against them, but I feel scared about the rise of Islam in my country as a woman.

I am tired of people slandering our laws about religious free areas that represent the state. Separation from religion is a good thing and leftists have forgotten it here, and foreign news twist it to make it seem like we only ban Muslim attires everywhere when it's any religious signs only in places that represent the state (like public schools and public hospitals).

Leftists in general have become... honestly more American in their discourse. "If it's an oppressed minority then they can do no wrong" kind of thinking. But the thing is I can very much see that muslim men come from places that are incredibly more misogynistic than here, and that they've been raised to consider this their religion, to never question it and to use it to their advantage. Like, muslim people are present enough for me to form an opinion like that, I have spent my childhood with at least half of them as the people I saw, and it is really bad and going unquestioned. This whole thing would get me killed in leftist spaces, the most common defenses are "but catholic men and atheist men are bad too!" except that catholics have been shrinking as a group here and atheist men are awful but don't have misogyny as a religious dogma they can spread.

Overall I'm worried. Some people say we're gonna be majority muslim next century and I worry about how this will affect women and the laws that get passed. Leftists approve of anything muslims do because they're oppressed here, and this includes turning any criticism of religion into some choice feminism bullshit. They constantly say women want and choose to be exploited that way and it is gut wrenching to hear. I'm worried about the increasing population of muslim men who are taught to see me as an object so vividly and I'm worried about my rights being threatened by them. I'm worried about my safety as I've had multiple bad encounters with those misogynistic men irl and on online French spheres. Those spheres are now filled with those same men who simply justify sexism by saying they're muslim and its in their culture, or muslim women who talk about marrying as soon as they turn 18 or even arranged marriages gleefully.

Hm I’m Arab-American so I’m not super educated on issues happening in Europe considering Muslim immigration. I’ll have to research more into it to form a well informed opinion on the situation.

What I can tell you is there are many Muslim and ex-Muslim women who are critical of male supremacy in our cultures and religion, and I recommend reading about and interacting with irl, radical feminists from our cultures to help your fears. Finding allies and understanding there are many like-minded women that share your goals makes the heart at peace. I love Nawal Elsaadawi, she is the Simone de Beauvoir of Arabia and close to my heart because she is Egyptian like me lol. The fall of the Imam is good if you want written work expressedly against Islam.

I think cultural relativism is dangerous and all women must be protected. We shouldn’t shy away from calling out misogyny everywhere it rears its ugly head. As long as we are educated and well informed with our criticism, I see no issue with calling out patriarchal oppression from other cultures. I got an ask calling out why I don’t also speak about misogyny against black women, and I thought about it. I think many of us, including myself, try to stick to our own community and what we are familiar with in our feminism, and we should move away from that. Let’s all educate ourselves on the different forms of patriarchy around the world and work hard to end it in all the forms it comes in!

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

The Impact of Cult-like Behavior on Democracies

How it endangers America.

Nov 25, 2020

Hogan M Sherrow Ph.D.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/you-evolving/202011/the-impact-cult-behavior-democracies

In my previous entry, I made the argument that Donald Trump and his proponents should be considered a “cult.” I demonstrated the classic behaviors, including; unquestioning allegiance to a single charismatic leader, belief in whatever that leader says as being law or the “real” truth, and a belief that those within the group are superior to outsiders—in this case, regarding patriotism. What’s important is that this behavior threatens democracy.

Democracies (even those that are technically Democratic Republics) require certain elements to survive, and ultimately to thrive. Political Scientist Larry Diamond asserts that democracies consist of four basic elements: 1. A political system for choosing and replacing the government through free and fair elections. 2. The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life. 3. Protection of the human rights of all citizens. 4. A rule of law, in which the laws and procedures apply equally to all citizens.

It is essential that the majority of citizens agree upon these elements for a democracy to function. But these elements have been ignored or called into question, without evidence.

As the 2020 Presidential election unfolded and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win, Mr. Trump increased his claims about fraud, that the election was rigged, and that he actually won.

His proponents stormed election locations, demanding in some states that all the votes be counted, while simultaneously calling for the halt of vote counting in other states. In Georgia and Arizona, election officials received death threats. The threat in Arizona was posted on Parler, a conservative social media platform.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world, including Christopher Krebs, the head of cybersecurity in the current administration, has acknowledged that this was the most secure election in American history. Despite the evidence that the election was fair, and that Mr. Biden won in both the popular vote and the electoral college, Mr. Trump refused to accept the outcome and even fired Krebs.

Of those who voted for Trump, 78 percent believe that the election was rigged. Instead of dealing with the loss and preparing to move forward in a way consistent with our laws, many people are prepared to go to “civil war” with the American political left. This level of allegiance goes beyond typical in-group behavior, it's alarming and further supports my premise of cult-like behavior. By mistrusting anyone outside the group and threatening civil war, Mr. Trump's proponents are engaging in dangerous behaviors that threaten our ability to conduct free and fair elections, protect the rights of all citizens, and follow the rule of law. They have constructed a safe space, an echo-chamber, where only the messages and alternative narratives produced by their in-group come through.

For a democracy to function, it must have four basic elements agreed upon by its citizenry. Everyone need not agree on who is best to lead the democracy, or what policies the democratic government should enact. However, the citizenry needs to be active in politics and civil life, in an educated, open way. Leaders need to be replaced with regular free and fair elections. The human rights of all citizens must be protected, and the rule of law must be applicable to all citizens, including elected officials. The attacks on this election have inspired people to doubt whether or not it was free and fair. Further, this devotion severely limits the ability to understand and accept new information, and openly engage in the political system.

It is unlikely that President-elect Biden will receive cooperation or even acceptance. Instead, the divisions in our country are likely to become even more entrenched.

References youtu.be/K_ESXL7J6DY www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/georgia-election-recount-brad-raffensperger-b1725016.html www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/arizona-law-enforcement-investigating-social-media-threat-against-top-elections-official/75-486474ea-11c9-47ad-a325-8bbed6e3e231 www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-million-maga-march-estimate/fact-check-how-many-people-attended-the-nov-14-million-maga-march-in-washington-d-c-idUSKBN27Z2KI www.cisa.gov/news/2020/11/12/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election thehill.com/opinion/campaign/527065-team-trump-offering-fire-hose-of-conspiracy-kool-aid-for-supporters www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/20/the-republican-voters-who-say-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost diamond-democracy.stanford.edu/speaking/lectures/what-democracy

About Dr. Hogan Sherrow is an Evolutionary Anthropologist, who has worked on three continents, studying everything from humans, to grizzly bears, to chimpanzees. He was named a Fulbright Scholar to Indonesia in 1999, and received his Ph.D. from Yale University, focusing on the development of behavior in wild, male chimpanzees in Uganda. Hogan studied grooming dynamics, dominance relationships, mating, territoriality, and hunting. His research led to the first observations of dominance relationships in adolescent males, and a greater understanding of male alliances and the development of hunting and territorial behaviors. Upon completion of his thesis, Dr. Sherrow began studying dominance relationships and territoriality in human males, as well as continuing his work on wild chimpanzees. His studies allowed him to model behaviors in our earliest Hominin ancestors, and to study the evolution of dominance, alliances, territoriality, and politics in modern humans.

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Opinion: Sedition and the Cult of Trump by DAVID JAMES     December 31, 2020


In the communist Soviet Union and Putin’s Russia “the truth is what serves the party”. In the Putin/communist world criticism of the leadership is sedition. In America today, to the Republican party, truth is what Trump says.

Donald Trump says the presidential election was fraudulent in the battleground states that voted for Joe Biden; therefore, it must be true. No matter what Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Rudy Guliani, or any personalities from Newsmax, OAN, Breitbart, or social media: “there was no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised,” according to the top election cybersecurity official appointed by President Donald Trump. Georgia counted their votes three times to the same result.

Let’s be perfectly clear: Donald Trump does not believe in democracy. His continuous decisions to evade responsibility during his tenure is proof enough.

Read more: https://missoulacurrent.com/opinion/2020/12/opinion-sedition-trump/

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Steven Hassan, a former Moonie, wrote a book, ‘The Cult of Trump’

The New Republic: The Republican Party Is Dead. It’s the Trump Cult Now.

The Cheon Il Guk Constitution, Personal Freedoms, and Meritocracy

The Cheon Il Guk Constitution: Isolationist Dogma

The CIG constitution is the paperwork for what Fraser and every Moon org critic has warned was the Moon organization’s goal all along

Hak Ja Han’s Cheon Il Guk Constitution is troubling

Church and state: A personal and public tug of war

Sun Myung Moon: “church and the state must become one”

United States Congressional investigation of Moon’s organization

Politics and religion interwoven

The Resurrection of Rev Moon

[the-starchariot]

Cross

Nouns / phrases: Ideology (productive or harmful). (Unquestioned) beliefs, convictions. Dogma, dogmatic thinking and acting, absolutism, intolerance. Indoctrination. Principles; adherence to principles. Life's work, one's calling, a task or quest. Fate/destiny, predetermination. Strokes of fate. Duties, responsibilities, burden. Hardship, exertion, travail, struggle, exhaustion, pain, suffering. Traditionally also: religion, religiosity. Activities: To believe something "religiously" - very strongly, without questioning it. To convince, or be convinced. To indoctrinate, or proselytize. To make absolute / render something in terms of absolutes. To not tolerate. To adhere to something firmly. To predetermine. To follow one's calling, or work hard. To fulfil a task, or follow a quest. To do one's duty. To take on responsibilities. To be responsible. To carry a burden, or burden someone. To shoulder something. To exert, travail, struggle, hurt, suffer. Attributes: Ideological. Convinced, dogmatic, absolutist, intolerant. Uncritical, unquestioned. Fateful, predestined. Dutiful, responsible. Burdensome. Laborious, exhausting/exhausted, painful/ in pain. As a person: Person with the above attributes. Strong adherent of an ideology/religion. Someone who is on a quest. Person with a lot of responsibilities. Someone who is a burden for the querent. Someone who is working (too) hard, suffering. As advice: No excuses; no ifs, ands, or buts! Do your duty! Pull yourself together! Negatively: Don't be so dogmatic! Don't be so hard on yourself!   Time factor *) : Always, or never. If/when it's supposed to happen - you can't make it happen. 

About the meaning: One of the most obvious and simple interpretations of the Cross would be religion or religiosity. But since I move in social circles which are almost without exception secular, and am not religious myself, I have not done one single reading yet in which religion played a role. Luckily, there is an abundance of other possible interpretations which I focus on in the paragraphs below. Ideology / absolutism / principles: Transferred to a secular context, the Cross most importantly represents ideologies, (unquestioned) beliefs, convictions, and dogmata. Ideologies are conglomerates of interrelated doctrines or beliefs which direct our expectations, motivations, and goals. They usually have a strong normative component - our ideologies also say what is "correct" or "good". They prescribe how society should be structured, for example, or how we should behave as individuals. A dogma is a principle of a belief system (e.g. of an ideology) which is viewed as incontrovertibly true. Far from being a simple conviction it is so fundamental to the belief system that, were it rejected, the whole ideology would collapse. Ideologies can be dangerous, especially when they are absolutist, which dogmata definitely are, so they are always problematic. In this sense, the Cross can be understood as a warning sometimes. It might be hinting at harmful absolutist thinking, grim intolerance, or indoctrination. But the Cross can also stand, often very affirmatively, for a strong adherence to principles, and for our principles themselves. Life's work / fate / strokes of fate: Not the same as ideologies but similarly directive for us is what we perceive as our life's work, what we believe is our task, our quest, our calling. The cross can for example mean that we are putting a lot of effort into achieving what we feel we were born to achieve. Sometimes, this is a positive, empowering experience. But the Cross may also suggest that trying to follow a calling which is unrealistic for us to fulfil is a terrible burden. Furthermore, the Cross can be interpreted as a belief in predestined fate, or as events which seem predestined to us. And it can stand for strokes of fate. Strokes of fate can't be warded off. We can only prepare for them and then learn to come to terms with and deal with them in a dignified and productive way. Duty / responsibilities / burden: Closely connected to the belief that some or all things are fateful (in the sense of "predestined"), is the idea that there are such things as inescapable duties. We might take pride in fulfilling our duties. Or we might feel they are a burden - the Cross could be saying either. The same goes for responsibilities. The Cross possibly means that we take on responsibilities willingly; that we are able to deal with them well. But often the Cross suggests that responsibilities are forced on us. They are too heavy for us to shoulder without getting adversely affected. Exertion / travail / suffering / pain: Continuing on from the last paragraph, the Cross can represent anything which is a hardship. It can stand for hard work, exertion, travail, (labour) pains, and for any kind of non-physical suffering. And especially in combination with the Mice it can represent a state of utter exhaustion.

About the Image: The Cross was one of the cards I found most difficult to paint. While I needed to make a cross shaped object the card's main feature in a way which expressed the card's meaning I also desperately wanted to stay away from too overtly Christian or worn-out symbolism (e.g. a gravestone in the shape of a cross, or someone carrying a wooden cross). As with quite a few other cards, I owe the solution of the problem to inspiration from family and friends. In my version of the Cross the cross itself is not a physical object as such. The cross exists as a shadow in the shape of a cross. I chose this solution for the reason that when a shadow falls on something, it makes that something seem darker. So: that my Cross is a shadow is the most important indication for this card's somewhat heavy, even despondent meanings. But if you want to look at the details of the illustration, you will also see that the shadow is cast by a person under a yoke (burden, responsibility). The person is carrying two water pails home (life's work). The setting sun is before them (the ideology they follow, which might also be blinding them), putting them in strong back light. It is this backlight which makes their body and the yoke cast a long, dark shadow (strokes of fate; suffering) in the form of a cross. And if you look closely, the water bearer is walking across a meadow full of the same kind of clover which also features in the card Clover. In the card Clover the plant meant ease, lightness, an unburdened state. But now a dark shadow falls on the clover. The ease, the untroubled lightness is gone.

Cross-Rider Fateful news. News about a stroke of fate or about a duty. Tidings that bring suffering. Responsibilities are forced on us. Overwhelming responsibilities. Change of fate. Change of ideology/religion; challenge or even change of fundamental beliefs. Overwhelming suffering. Religious activities. Obtrusive ideology or religiosity. To act according to one's duty. Cross-Clover To shy away from responsibilities, to neglect one's duties. A welcome break from hardship. Advice: don't take your responsibilities so seriously/ lighten up about your opinions/morality and allow yourself (or others) more lenience! A small burden; a responsibility one is actually happy to accept. An opportunity to grow through suffering, or through taking on more responsibilities. Cross-Ship Making a change/exploration brings a lot of hardship with it. To explore an ideology. To go where fate leads. To go a away on a quest. To explore suffering. Foreign/strange ideologies or convictions. To depart from one's dogmata; to leave an ideology behind. Painful departure. The responsibility on/for a journey. Fateful journey. Commuting/travelling is a burden. Little commitment to principles, or to one's duties. To change one's principles. To leave behind that which is painful. It's our duty to go looking for something or someone, to go try and find out about something. It's our responsibility to change. To make difficult changes. Cross-House Home life or the family feels like a burden. Burdensome traditions. To adhere to traditions, to firmly stick with rules. The fixed idea that having a family, or having a very stable and traditional life, is what we should aspire to. Family duties. To be responsible for a family. Hardships within the family. Strong adherence to what's established and familiar. Very traditional/regressive, intolerant worldview. Cross-Tree Firmly rooted, unshakeable convictions. To be very stable and reliable in doing our duty. To find strength in fulfilling what we perceive as our life-task. Physical pain. Growing pain. An ideology of nature. Dogmatic ideas about health. To adhere to a physical regimen. To overexert oneself physically. Physical burden - to carry something heavy. To find one's life task in something to do with nature. To feel called to nature. Natural responsibilities. Cross-Clouds Unclear or confused beliefs or ideology; an ideology which relies on keeping things hidden from its adherents. A mind fogged by dogmatic thinking. Despair because of hardship/suffering. No hope to escape the pain. To not know what our task is. To take responsibility in times of confusion. Unclear principles; no principles to guide us. To get lost on a quest. Very dull duty. Impassiveness to suffering. Aimlessness vs. a clear task. Unbearable boredom. Cross-Snake Ambition or cravings have become a burden, are causing suffering. Someone who determinedly adheres to a very strict ideological system. To strive for more responsibilities. To very single-mindedly pursue something even if it takes a lot of hard work or the process is painful. To follow one's true calling determinedly. Someone who fulfils their duties wisely. Cult leader, ideological manipulation/indoctrination. Cross-Coffin Self-sacrifice; to give up one's dreams in order to fulfil one's duty. Painful ending. The responsibility for an ending. To suffer greatly from a loss. Terrible grief. To let go of a dogma, or to lose belief in an ideology/religion. The burdensome awareness that everybody will eventually die. Terminal care. Cross-Bouquet Social life or some aspect of it (e.g. a visit) feels like a burden. Friendliness, and/or being likeable, is our foremost duty. To be friendly on principle. To see it as our task to make things nice for others. The burden of always having to to please others. Generosity is a duty. Fateful visit. To compliment someone's dutifulness. Gratitude for someone's shouldering a burden / taking responsibility. To make someone's suffering easier for them; to help them forget their pain for a while by doing something nice. To present a pretty facade even when one is suffering inside. Cross-Scythe Something that very suddenly and maybe painfully challenges one's strongest beliefs. It's your responsibility to put a stop to X! Sharp, unexpected pain. To cut away a burden. To discontinue something out of a feeling of duty. Self-inflicted suffering. To take stock of one's life - of the good/bad things, of its purpose etc. Burdensome efficiency; pressure to be efficient. Cross-Whip Conflict of dogma, conflict of believes. Sense of guilt; bad conscience. To apologise and atone. Flagellation (literal, or metaphorically speaking). To go to confession. Abusive behaviour in the sense of pressuring someone to do something or burdening someone with something they do not want to be responsible for. The burden on the soul of being verbally attacked. To bear abuse. Our convictions about punishment, shame, or guilt. Cross-Birds Worries about our fate, or our responsibilities . To be rash in taking on responsibilities. Gossip, noise, or instability are very hard for us to bear and exhaust us in the long run. To struggle with a chaotic situation. To not tolerate noise, chaos, or gossip. To be totally convinced of what is only gossip. To shoulder many different tasks. Cross-Child Child under pressure; child is a burden; beginning of responsibilities, inexperience with responsibilities. To be naive concerning the hardship something entails. Hardship which is (yet) small. Too weak for a burden. Someone who is easily indoctrinated. Great weakness. Inner child is weighed down by life's work. Playful approach to our duties; to play around when we should behave responsibly. Cross-Fox Conflict between responsibilities and self-care. Conflict between duty and self-interest. To adapt to a burdensome situation, to responsibilities, to pressure, or to suffering. Suffering has become an integral part of one's identity. To fulfil one's duty with every ounce of strength one has. Cross-Bear The burden of leadership/parenthood/being the boss. The care for a parent is a burden. Religious parent, suffering parent. Burdensome relationship with parent/teacher/boss. To suffer under a choleric parent/teacher/boss. Choleric personality traits are a heavy load to carry; dominant partner puts stress on you. The burden of providing (now, or for the future). To view parenthood as the ultimate life-task. Priest, pastor, pope, cult leader. (Overly) dogmatic views which dominate everything. To struggle against some dominant influence. Cross-Stars Strong religious/spiritual beliefs and feelings. Conflict between religious dogma and personal spiritual experiences. Conflict between what we feel is right and true for us and what our upbringing or our culture's dominant ideology want us to believe. To trust in fate; to believe that what we perceive as our life-task is also a good thing. The idea that suffering will make us wiser, better. Hope is a burden; wishful thinking causes suffering. Cross-Stork Suffering or hardship change us very profoundly and irrevocably. Change of ideology. A transformation or transition brings suffering with it and/or necessitates very hard work. The belief that something is predestined and thus inevitable. Because we think something is predestined we do nothing against it but go along with it. Something about what our inner nature wants feels like a burden. Our longings cause suffering (to ourselves or others). Strokes of fate which cannot be prevented; inevitable pain. Pain which is in the nature of things - e.g. childbirth, growing pains. Recurring pain. Someone is very dutiful by nature. A strong pull towards suffering / towards self-sacrifice. Cross-Dog To adhere to an ideology, or to bow to a political, religious or moral authority, without ever challenging it. To never question something we've been led to believe. The dependence on strong (ethical/political) guidelines. To perceive it at an inescapable duty to be loyal. Burdensome loyalty. Responsibility for a dependent. Helper's syndrome. To shoulder something for a friend. A friend shoulders something for us. Support in times of suffering. A dogmatic/religious/suffering friend. Cross-Tower To take pride in hardship, suffering. Pride in our adherence to principles. To hold our principles above all else. To isolate ourselves when things are difficult. Highest suffering. Loneliness is hard to bear. The loneliness of leadership is a burden. Dogmatic authority. Authority which demands strict adherence/obedience. Inability to delegate. To say no to responsibilities; "No, I won't take this upon myself!" To distance oneself from other people's suffering. Cross-Garden Public suffering. Being in the public eye is a burden. Society's duties: public health care, public transport, garbage disposal etc. Mainstream ideology; the pressure society puts on us. Cultural burden - the burdens we carry because we're members of our society. Networks which deal with suffering. A dogmatic approach to publicity, to coming out, to what should or should not be public. Cross-Mountain Something weighs on you terribly; unbearable pressure. Something is very hard to bear, difficult duty or responsibility. Something is blocking you from fulfilling your life-task; obstacle to following your calling. A challenging stroke of fate. Exhausting challenge; difficulties that wear you down. To persist out of a feeling of duty. Problematically dogmatic. Cross-Crossroad Conflict between relativism and absolutism, tolerance and intolerance. Freedom vs. responsibility. We chose our own life-task. Too much freedom is a burden. Painful choice; painful indecision. To deliberate our principles/convictions/responsibilities. Varying convictions. No strong pull anywhere - everything feels optional. Cross-Mice Corrupt/unhealthy ideology or worldview; lack of principles, to be negligent with our duties/responsibilities. To slowly lose our convictions. To little by little stop believing that something is really that important. Slow dwindling of dogmatic thinking. Pressure/responsibilities drain us. Exhausting illness. Pain is dwindling! Less suffering. Cross-Heart The love and care for someone has become a burden - or someone's love for us is burdensome. Love and compassion help carrying our burdens. To soothe someone's pain. To feel a duty to act lovingly and understandingly although we don't want to. Love that hurts. Stroke of fate which concerns a loved one. The believe in the one true love; to believe we are destined to be with a specific partner. Falling in love can't be forced. Cross-Ring To feel very committed to doing our duty. Strong ideological connection. A relationship that feels like burden or causes suffering. Inescapable ties. To be connected to someone through suffering. A fateful connection. Cause and effect can't be escaped. To stick with keeping a promise even when it's hard. Mutual struggles. Shared ideological or religious beliefs. A connection which is painful to accept. Cross-Book Religious or ideological writings. The actual facts behind the religious dogma. Knowledge which burdens. The truth is hard to bear. To study religion. Studying is burdensome or exhausting. It's one's duty to be knowledgeable. To categorise something as dogmatic, fateful, burdensome, painful etc. Cross-Letter Indoctrination. To communicate because one thinks its a duty. Hard conversations; conversation about a painful issue. The responsibility to inform others about relevant issues. Communication is very hard; to feel the pressure to talk about something although you don't want to. Communication about ideology, dogmata, responsibilities, duties, pressure, or suffering. To communicate when things become too much to handle. Expressions of suffering and pain. Cross-Man (a) Man who is: ideological, religious, convinced of something, principled, dogmatic, absolutist, intolerant, uncritical, doesn't question. Man who is dutiful, responsible. Man who is burdened, or burdensome, exhausted or exhausting, who is in pain, suffering. Minister, monk. Man who is a burden to us; man who we feel destined to know/be in a relationship with. Responsibility for a man; duties to a man. Traditionally male duties; specifically male sufferings. Absolutist convictions of what is "male", or of how men should behave. Cross-Woman (a) Woman who is: ideological, religious, convinced of something, principled, dogmatic, absolutist, intolerant, uncritical, doesn't question. Woman who is dutiful, responsible. Woman who is burdened, or burdensome, exhausted or exhausting, who is in pain, suffering. Minister, nun. Woman who is a burden to us; woman who we feel destined to know/be in a relationship with. Responsibility for a woman; duties to a woman. Traditionally female duties; specifically female sufferings. Absolutist convictions of what is "female", or of how women should behave. Cross-Man (b) Man who is: ideological, religious, convinced of something, principled, dogmatic, absolutist, intolerant, uncritical, doesn't question. Man who is dutiful, responsible. Man who is burdened, or burdensome, exhausted or exhausting, who is in pain, suffering. Minister, monk. Man who is a burden to us; man who we feel destined to know/be in a relationship with. Responsibility for a man; duties to a man. Traditionally male duties; specifically male sufferings. Absolutist convictions of what is "male", or of how men should behave. Cross-Woman (b) Woman who is: ideological, religious, convinced of something, principled, dogmatic, absolutist, intolerant, uncritical, doesn't question. Woman who is dutiful, responsible. Woman who is burdened, or burdensome, exhausted or exhausting, who is in pain, suffering. Minister, nun. Woman who is a burden to us; woman who we feel destined to know/be in a relationship with. Responsibility for a woman; duties to a woman. Traditionally female duties; specifically female sufferings. Absolutist convictions of what is "female", or of how women should behave. Cross-(Sensual)Lily A sexual relationship, sex drive in general, or sensual pleasures, have become a burden. Overindulgence, laziness, debauchery are difficult to shake off, causing suffering. Intense pain, intense suffering. To take pleasure in pain. Dogmatic views about sensuality/sexuality. Responsible sexuality; contraception. To enjoy what one perceives as one's life-task; to find pleasure in mastering the hardships of life. Cross-(Virtuous)Lily Virtues which are relevant to (your) religion, e.g. the Christian virtues faith, love, hope, or the Buddhist "sublime attitudes" compassion, shared joy, equanimity, loving kindness. Also: piety! To act virtuously out of religious fear. Virtuousness as a burden. To think that suffering is a virtue. The virtue of bearing suffering with dignity. To do the right thing even when it's difficult, even when it's burdensome. Selfless (altruistic) service. To make peace with pain/suffering. Cross-Sun To find joy despite hardship. To celebrate welcome responsibilities. To ease suffering; to try and ignore anything that is difficult. To make light of hardship. To be(come) aware of dogmatic thinking. To look for happiness. Being burdened dampens our joy. To hide our light under a bushel. Superficial suffering; the burden is not that big. Cross-Moon Emotional suffering; emotional strain. Something weighs on our emotional wellbeing. Suffering which is very profound, goes down very deep. Painful needs. Fear of pain. The fear that something bad might happen. Acute feeling of responsibility; profound sense of duty. A respite from carrying a burden/responsibilities/suffering. Ideological/dogmatic views on emotions. To not tolerate emotionality. Needs feel like a burden. To bear dark emotions with dignity. Quiet suffering. Cross-Key To accept responsibility, to take on a burden willingly. To understand an ideology and its implications. Openness (vulnerability) for indoctrination. Understanding of suffering. To open one's door to suffering. Pain relief; deliverance from hardship, relief of a duty. The light at the end of the tunnel. To view it as one's duty to welcome others. If you want to succeed you'll have to work extremely hard. Dogmatic thinking vs. open-mindedness. Cross-Fish To be the breadwinner (which might feel like a burden). Manyresponsibilities. Financial responsibilities. Mortgage. Debt - not necessarily in a monetary sense. Your ideology/religion means a lot to you. The idea that accumulating money or possessions is the most important thing in life. The struggle of making a daily living. Your job has become a burden. To overwork. To endure suffering/struggles because they might pay off in the end. Cross-Anchor To find great stability an safety in religion/ideology. God/Jesus/Buddha etc. as pillar of strength. To cling to dogma. To focus on one's life-task. Status quo, or everyday life, is burdensome. Workday life feels like a (painful) duty. Everything revolves around some kind of suffering. Focus on what's painful. Cross-Cross*) Painful duties; great burden; exhaustive responsibilities. Dogmatic thinking and behaviour causes suffering. To greatly exert oneself to adhere to one's principles. To think that doing one's life's work should be hard.