​The opposite of sacred is not stale.

 ​The opposite of sacred is not stale.

These types of naïve portrayal of significance to traditions and rituals is not warranted. 

Most rituals and traditions are merely followed by many without bothering to give verbal justifications thinking that doing so is logical. 

Different traditions and rituals are embedded into the routines of life to fill up some missing aspect or inexplicable void which, often, may in fact defy any logical explanation or may be impregnated with great meaning not necessarily verbally explainable nor intellectually justifiable but may have different frequencies of feelings according to the vibration one is able grasp. When one reads esoteric sciences and if lucky, able to learn and to grasp that as well, then various layers of deeper understanding emerge.

Having said that the MAP of Life is Mindset, Attitude and Perspectives. 

I did a MindMap with brief write up as follows for a small training session( of course there were elaborate explanations):-

MAP of Life

1. Life cannot be caged and lived through any single ideology/system /concept or philosophy however great and accommodative it may be.

2. Life is just a part of the churn of the planet where all species live their own way but humans seek special privileges and make a big fuss presuming that the planet is human centric.

MAP of life draws  the atlas of living, i.e. 

Mindset, 

Attitude and 

Perspectives.

We draw our borders through our limited frames of references and define our nationality through some ideological identities. 

3. There is no panacea nor permanent trends or taboos but only contextually relevant rational and humanitarian approaches which can make us enjoy living without much of inhibition, without creating unnecessary divisions, as far as possible , without harming or injuring others physically and mentally, and most importantly without damaging the environment .

4. Chronologically life is mortal and it is just a part of evolution.

5. The human mind at best can transcend classifications and divisions in the form of or name of nationalities, ideologies of all sorts [ religious, political, economic, class, race, gender, linguistic, cultural, regional etc.] .

6. Being mortal it has to live through all sorts of ever changing choices and decisions  prioritizing everything based on contextual relevance.

7. However, despite all these the human mind at times delivers too many theories, concepts and ideas  trying to grasp and to explain absolute and eternal truths or values.