Overcoming Obstacles...

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source, it describes 19th century America where a controversial marriage took place between a Protestant and a Catholic. Numerous years later, the couple eventually passed on- and still their relationship was not truly accepted, and they were not able to be buried in the same graveyard. So
instead we have this lasting monument to love, and the passion people have for overcoming the obstacles that people place in their way.

 In the text, "Aboriginal Spirituality in a New Age"- Sutton describes a Wik man of Cape York- Silas Wolmby and his spiritual journey combining Christianity and traditional Indigenous beliefs. Sutton states that, 'He was at one with the two roles, inside both scripts, in a profound state of serious play. There was a complete absence of self-objectification,'(Sutton. 2010. pp.71).  Australia has a 'black' history, a history of colonisation that was both bloody and damaging to an Indigenous culture that is regarded as the oldest on this earth. Yet here we have an example of an individual who is at one with the duality of modern Australia; Wolmby has incorporated two very different spiritualties and made them his own.

Throughout history differences in religious beliefs or spiritualties have caused wars, dominant cultures have imposed beliefs and traditions and blood has been shed. Differences in beliefs are only overcome by the individual's acceptance of their true self. Finding ways to express this, that push, but not break the boundaries of the social order is often a struggle but as Silas Wolmby has shown, not impossible. 

References:

References:

Sutton P. 2010. Aboriginal Spirituality in a New Age. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 21(1):

71–89. RL.

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