Good or Bad, Right or Wrong, High or Low, Rich or Poor, Pure or Impure... These biases are all a construct of the collective imagination that we live. If it's an imagination, is it then real?
Don't try to answer this question intellectually. Rather observe a little child at play. What do you think is on that child's mind? What was on your mind when you were her age
Investigate that when and where did these biases occur for the first time in you.
For me, it was when I was about four. It was when I told one of the elders at home that I handed some food to the street cleaner who cleaned the gutters in our lanes during the monsoon. Realising that I had come in contact with her, they sprinkled some water on me. Don't confuse yourself - they didn't wash me for some hygienic reason but sprinkled water on me to purify me. Nobody told me that this was right or wrong. The next time, I saw her at a shop - I greeted her and touched her hand. Then I came back home and told my family to sprinkle water on me. The conditioning was done.
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