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Quotes from Gandhi - 10/16/2007 1:10:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		"Like the bee gathering honey from the different flowers,

the wise person accepts the essence of the different

scriptures and sees only the good in all religions."



                                                 - Mahatma Gandhi
      
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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/16/2007 2:06:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		If only everyone agreed with that!!!!!!!!  Jude

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/16/2007 3:04:54 PM   
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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/16/2007 6:24:43 PM   
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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/17/2007 3:23:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Richard, what a special quote. Each religion has so many different facets from which to view spirituality and yet they also have a tremendous amount in common. It's kind of like doing a large puzzle, all the different small pieces eventually can help provide a much better view of the whole that is the Holy One.

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/17/2007 5:22:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks from me, too, Richard. This is a really vital quote. I think, hope, feel, even notice that more and more people are realizing the truth of it. It only takes time.  But as mankind, I think we are on the way.

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/17/2007 5:25:37 PM   
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"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

- Buddha


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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/18/2007 6:56:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Jude;

There can be many interpretations to that quote, I prefer:

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/18/2007 6:59:33 AM   
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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/18/2007 1:15:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Richard,
apart from your underline of the word clearly, I can see no difference.
You will have to explain it to me.  Jude

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/18/2007 2:59:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		 Jude;

When i wrote, "There can be many interpretations to that quote, I prefer: " I used underline to emphasize specific word or phrase
such as:

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

etc, etc.

If you read the emphases into the sentence you catch a slightly different meaning each time. Try underlining other words.

I trust this explanation helps

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/18/2007 8:30:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Richard, thank you for the explanation. I sort of see what you mean !!  Jude

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/21/2007 10:29:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Richard, your point is well taken. Homiletics class used to give one sentence stressing different parts of the sentence to create totally different meanings. It was always amazing how one simple sentence could mean so many different things depending upon where the emphasis was put.

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/22/2007 9:00:08 AM   
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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/22/2007 10:48:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, Richard! This is what fascinates me with (or about? Prepositions are the hardest part of a foreign language ) the "Five Love Languages" --- if you care to have a look at the "Book"-thread! 

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/22/2007 10:55:07 AM   
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Status: online 		Richard, it also ocurred to me that the spoken emphasis and associated body language can make all the difference in contrast to having the same sentence in print, which is open to interpretation, and may even be misunderstood.

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RE: Quotes from Gandhi - 10/22/2007 12:23:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good point !!  All you can hope for is your speech and your mind to be one with each other and vice versa (old hindu saying found in the Isha Upanishad).  The body language would naturally follow in a balanced individual. How many relationships have failed because of misinterpretations??  With the development of equanimity, awareness of the situation and kindness & compassion for our fellow beings, one need not worry about such things, right!!

 Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
                                                 - Mahatma Gandhi
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