Mystic3.com Online Spiritual Community

All religions honored here. Peace, Thoughts, Understanding. These 3 values make up our core. We hope to bring spirituality to the people of the world. We discuss Pagan, Christian, Astrology, Tarot and many other spiritual topics. We are a new community and seek new members for our message boards. Join us today and teach and learn!

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Mystic3.com is now released! A form for spirituality.

Peace, Thoughts, Understanding. These three values make up our core. All spiritual paths honored here, welcome home.That is their slogan. I do recommend them to anyone who is looking for a message board that talks about pagans, wiccans, christians, all in one!

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What really is respect?

Respect is an interesting trait for humans to have. According to dictionary.com respect is "deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment." That definition of respect brings in to play all manner of morals and "best judgement" calls. When is a person's status priviledged enough to be a priviledged position? What rights should a person have to be deemed to be respected? Proper acceptance or courtiesis? Another judgement call. If one is to look for the nuts and bolts of the ideology of respect one has to look no further then the militaries of the world. In that one place, that one community, respect reigns supreme.

What then is respect? A value? Something to be earned? Something to be displayed? Yes. It is a value, that is earned through various means and it's display is based upon the individual who, as stated above, has more rights and or privileges. Now it is understood that the value itself, the worth of the value and even the idea of respect is property solely to that invidiual who has the higher rights and/or priveleges. With that in mind, one has to monitor his surroundings, see and observe what the other's vision of respect entails. Do they like the door opened for them? For some yes, for others no. A private in todays army may appreciate a door opening, a woman who fights for woman's rights may not. Would it then be disrespectful to open the door for that woman? Yes, quite possibly if you know already her political agenda. As for the private? Not a second thought would do. You opened the door and if he/she were to say a "thanks" would it be respectful or would it be something else?

Respect is seen as actions after the fact. Something is done and now it's on you to do something. Do you do the right thing or the wrong? Is it really a wrong/right situation or is it against based on your own morals? A cause and effect scenario goes hand in hand anytime there's a time to show respect. What am I to show respect for? Why? Based on ones own morals he acts on instinct. Like a beast readying for its prey. Something happened now I must react. How much respect does this person require? How much respect should I give? How should I mimic the situation? Something may have worked in the past to show appreciation, shall I do it again? I may not have the heart to show respect this time. I must mimic what has been done in the past to show respect.

This is the heart of the matter of respect. Is it truly a cause and react scenario? If it truly is, then there is no heart in it at all. Children when they are young are taught by mimicking. They mimic each and every encounter and from this they learn. To mimic respect is to show respect by a means you have seen already. Your heart isn't in it but your actions are. One of the mottos today concerning the Army appears to be "Perception is everything." When someone perceives you doing something then you've done it. So this is the answer to the age old question: is Respect a value or cause and effect scenario? In my mind it is a combination of cause and effect mixed with mimicry.