ABSTRACT
It is not unusual for spiritual values to become quite rigid and set in stone as it is easy to become complacent and avoid confrontation with different views. It is not uncommon to be so out of touch with our own beliefs that we fail to notice that we follow the newspapers we read or the television programmes we watch (Deurzen 2009). It is important to broaden our minds and encounter a variety of views. We might add new beliefs and values to the old ones, or exchange old credos for new ones. As is often said, it is travel that broadens the mind and travel in one form or another will always shake our safety and our beliefs to some extent. Even exposure to others who have travelled, especially those who have immigrated into our own neighbourhood or have joined our workplace or professional organisation from elsewhere, may affect us deeply and shake or alter our convictions.
