Jun 15, 2012 11:12:51 AM cite

Once they talk openly about their life experience and see that it is not personal but a shared experience I think it can happen

by Namelesspeach

Mar 15, 2012 5:52:16 AM cite

No, Because to live in harmony would destroy our humanity, You have to have a platform to judge peace and that platform can only be conflict. You need pain to understand comfort and you need sorrow to understand happiness. all of which come from negative and positive interactions with other humans.

by isoses

Feb 22, 2012 3:09:16 AM cite

ask yourself, how many times have you judged someone? Be honest, for your asking yourself. And how have these judgments affected your view of them? The question you are asking has no answer because the answer starts with you. Are you willing to let go of those judgments? Can you lower your guard and love those who are hurt AND those who hurt others? When the answer is yes you will understand that it is within everyone to accept each other, but it is one's own refusal to acknowledge that you could be me, that you are me with different choices, that causes refusal. And that it is only through loving all equally that we may move past these barriers to become more than we are. So don't ask will humans understand and accept each other, ask if you have the courage to do so yourself. When a man comes for your eyes, arms, and legs, and you give them freely and with love you will be one of those who will change the world to acceptance, and will be able to move those around you to do the same.

by mymduncan

Feb 7, 2012 10:03:44 AM cite

if they are "stick" together.

by Subzero

Feb 2, 2012 4:34:33 AM cite

If I continue to wait for you the answer would be forever.

by Thai sean

Dec 30, 2011 3:59:39 PM cite

yes, once we do it for ourselves. to know yourself is to know others. this takes reflective measures. it is easier to judge someone than to take time to understand them. to understand, you have to look deep into your self and find some sort of thread that ties you to the other. you have to ask yourself why you feel the way you do and where does it stem from. deeply understanding and accepting who you are and why you do things, will lead you to understanding/accepting others. f "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." — John F. Kennedy

by livnlrn75

Dec 9, 2011 5:49:29 AM cite

As social creatures, humans rely on the ability to understand each other. Notably, that's how language and texts came to prominence. This is, of course, speaking in a practical sense. On a emotional or a philosophical level, not all individuals as a whole will come to a mutual understanding and beliefs. However, this is not to say that those beliefs could not be respected or appreciated. The differing views is what makes the world diverse and unique. But ignorance is a plague, and we must continue our fight for the cure. Perhaps then, one day we will all come to understand each other just a bit more.

by treeless

Sep 10, 2011 12:36:29 AM cite

I think all of this unacceptance of differences came from society, for many years, everything that was different was bad, well since there are alot of us we are meant to be different from one another, the only thing is that society abominates everything that is unlike it, simply because it was taught this way, through tv, or even their ancestrors, simply because people think they are always right, or the majority should be right, or the government is right. We cannot forget that there was alot of propaganda for anything that was uncommon, take marijuana for an example. Now, I think this acceptance and understanding is starting to spread, slowly, mainly because of the difficulties that the world is nowadays. I think people are understanding that there are bigger problems, and only united we can do something against them.

by Jmlss

Jul 4, 2011 6:38:08 PM cite

We all accept and understand, we just can not see/ act clearly at this time.

by aline4away

Jul 1, 2011 7:22:02 PM cite

perhaps. could anyone think of any time in human history where human beings undestood eachother on a mass scale? I think there will ALWAYS be a gaps between indifference, relation and complete comprehension between classes, ethnic groups and communities based on fundamental ideals (religion, communism, socialism, etc.) that will be hard to fill with empathy and understanding. there is really no way to get around it. even with the advent of mass communication, with people connecting like never before, the human brain I think is beginning to get wired differently. I tend to think the brain is starting to be forced to compartmentalize and try and fit everyhting into neat little boxes so as to more efficiently comprehend the flood of info that they are being presented with. to make sense of it all. as far as acceptance goes, i dont think the human race will ever completely embrace eachother without first finding a cofactor of relatedness first. when you go out and meet new people, what are the questions they tend to ask you first? where you grew up, job, etc. These things can be applied on a larger, more macro scale, so to speak. Studying sociology, it has opened my mind in many ways and I find myself more accepting of people right off the bat. I try my hardest not to judge right away and categorize everyone. But I think it is huan nature to do so. The next step is getting humanity to transcend this mode of thinking, dont you think??

by Anoyntid Won

Jun 24, 2011 3:20:04 AM cite

No, we will never understand one another. But the gap in understanding is what drives our quest to learn more about one another, which ends up making us closer to each other. A slight fraction of human relationships will always consist of some uncertainty factor.

by helenamend

Jun 7, 2011 12:06:42 AM cite

Yes they will - but only if we can move away from a society based on a distorted individualism and the ruling ideology of competition between individuals and groups. Capitalist economies, whether based on state capitalist or totally free market values, require the manipulation of inate human characteristics to create artificial needs and desires. Capitalism tells us that competition is normal for living organisms, that the accumulation of resources in the hands of the strongest/fittest is a natural phenomena. But co-operation is the bedrock of human civilisation and evolution. Only by creating a society that extols cooperation between human beings can we go beyond the artificial constraints that capitalism imposes upon humans can we begin to truly understand ourselves as thinking rational beings and realise our full creative potential as humans.

by shevek_v

May 8, 2011 9:43:22 PM cite

Is understanding required for me to be at peace with someone? If I see a person that is gay, I may understand that this person is gay but that understanding does not change me. I may accept it as part of human sexuality or reject as people who are immoral and sexual deviants. Lets say for example, I am a Christian, I see someone that practice Islam or Judaism or Hinduism. My religion says they are going to hell since they do not believe Jesus Christ as being GOD or they do not recognize the truth in the bible. I may read their books and understand them but will that change me? Is understanding really the requirement for me to be at peace with another? My acceptance and rejection is based on internal bias of what I deemed acceptable or non acceptable and that comes from the outer environment. It comes from the people who have influence me (ex:. parents, teachers, friends, television, religion ect). So my understanding does not free me to make correct choices because internally, I am bias. There is no understanding that come from me intellectualizing life and situation because internally, I am bias, conditioned by the environment. So, what will free me so I can see things for what they are, unbias and with understanding that is not of the intellect? Is there something in me that will make me change, not make me kill another human being with a gun or with my words? Can I be something other than my environment because as long as I am my environment, I do not understand. I am unaware of myself in the process of understanding so must I have self knowledge first? Can I understand myself as I am and not as another sect in society? Can I be aware of what I am doing now in relation to outside world as it is taking place?

by Knucklehead

Apr 30, 2011 10:41:13 AM cite

Acceptance requires a lot of understanding and ofcourse love, a big heart, full of love. But every single human being has a different life from the other, enormous differences. This makes the process of acceptance, love, understanding way more difficult. As humans, before accepting others, we expect others to accept us first. It's the basic human nature, that will remain there forever. What we can do is, start the process of acceptance from our own home first, make a start, show love and inspire others to do so.

by mansi1511

Apr 23, 2011 3:34:31 AM cite

Is it better to have society the way it is and have very few empathetic humans (such as I) reach a state where they can understand all people, even strangers, extremely well, or change the social system in the hopes of getting everyone to be empathetic inorganically?

by Dr. Who

Apr 22, 2011 12:56:34 AM cite

Once we understand ourselves we will understand also other human beings and accept them as ourselves. Therefore self-knowledge is essential. Once we discover that we are deathless, pure consciousness or awareness and that our personalities are just roles played out from different perspectives of consciousness then we will see in each human being a partial manifestation of our true being. We are part of a progressive manifestation of the One and Infinite who wants to experience his unity and infinity starting from the negation of his unity and infinity and is evolving upwards to the full light of self-knowledge and the richness and glory of His/Her divinity. Our individual awareness is a direct gift of One and Infinite and never seperate from it despite our doubts and slef-limiting beliefs. In this sense the answer to the original question is YES!

by Sirius

Mar 28, 2011 3:42:53 PM cite

Although we've come a long way it's hard to say that ALL human beings will ever fully understand each other. ACCEPTANCE and UNDERSTANDING are different--I hope one day that we can accept each other. We don't have to understand, necessarily. But love and acceptance should be what we strive for.

by rebekahkay4