Conservatism

We are conservative by nature. We tend to enclose ourselves. Some of the fences we build are physical and more tangible, while others are more abstract. We want to protect ourselves from the outside world and its renewal.

External fences are easier to conceive. They have many faces, from muscle building to creating physical security measures, all the way to building wealth and monetary riches. Mental fences are harder to pinpoint and the most difficult for us to realize. We hide behind our own habits, traditions, mental and conceptual principles and rules, ways of behavior, and subconscious patterns. These mental barriers limit our perception and understanding of the realities of the world. They filter the outside world for us and give us our sense of security and control. But by doing so, they also prevent us from renewing and developing ourselves. Our existence is based on our self-perception, and the fences are guarding us from anything that is not known and familiar to us—the unpleasantness of the external world.