how do you get your self to be that way???

*shrugs* I don't know...according to people here I am prejudical...so...*giggles* I am not the person to ask...

ah thanks XBeautyDemisX

Its not all that hard to be open minded, although some people *cough*christains*cough* seem to have a difficult time with it. You can have your opinions and beliefs on everything, but just realize that they are just that,"opinions" and other people have them and believe in them just the same and strongly as you do in yours. Just be willing to listen an respect an idea outside of your own.

Well said.

hmm lets see open minded try umm slapping yourself on the head next time someone asks u to do somethin ur not sure of thus, being open minded , i think

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It's easy to be open minded, just don't judge things or form solid opinions before you kow eveything about the subject in question hunnie.

Don't automatically form and opinion that you hate something at first glance.

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Hmm, smile.

I think if you read a lot (seriously) you just get to see others opinions so much and it makes you more open minded about the world.

elf and water said it pretty well. i think thing is i'm easy going and and that kinda branches its way into open mindedness.

anything that offends you, think about it in another way. try see how it could be different and if you still don't like it. well does it really matter anyway?

you know what's weird?

i became a seriously hardcore dork in junior high (okay, that's not the surprising part)... so to compensate, i tried to try on every hat that came around. i'd listen to metal so i could talk like/with the metalheads, punk so i could hang with the freaks, rap and soul and that sweet, sweet funk so i could be cool to all the black kids (well, assuming any might happen to move into our little klan town), classical and jazz and all that stuff. and not just with music, but that's an easy way to categorize the types i was trying to find my place among. i wore everyone else's hats, and i ended up wearing everything so much that i wore them all pretty damn well. so, (the ironic part) by being a complete cabbage/sheep/lamer, i ended up being a million times hipper than any of them!

anyone who's ever seen the Woody Allen flick Zelig knows the story of my (social) life.

that might not sound like it has anything at all to do with open-mindedness, but some of you might also know that it has everything to do with it, so i'll leave it at that.

another thing that blew my mind wide the fuck open was LSD. my recipe for lysergic consciousness-expansion: LSD and Beatles. and no large groups of people, just a few, and some enlightening philosophical conversation. then, if you're lucky enough, you just might see that everything is connected, that we are all the same stuff, that the Universe is composed of Light and Love (Crowley knew this as well)...

hmmm, well I enjoy hearing others thoughts and opinions on certain things. Though sometimes I don't always agree with them.... but other than that its cool to hear what other people think- its better to have or hear an opinion than to just plain wonder all the freakin time.

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seriously I think that begins with showing respect for the other person..if you can't start with that..then forget it. Recognizing any taboo you yourself might have is a start, and you should treat it as your own, but don't shut your eyes/ears just cause what you hear or see is not to your liking.

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I dunno, some ppl have it easier being open minded I guess.

I agree with the dutch!:metalhead