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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (17238)	6/21/2001 7:01:18 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If we were speaking about Madonna and her statement "we are living in a material world , and I'm just a material girl... I could see the criticism of a platitude or selfindulgent trite remark . But ML King whether you think he was trite or banal and a master of platitudes ( lacking originality , trite )it's enough to see the influence of Gandhi happening there . One acknowledging the other's struggle and genious for finding resolution of the human conditions of caste, racism , and intolerance . And in Gandhi's case also ,the setting an example of how the life of the individual and attitudes can change the entire process, not just in India , but anywhere , under any regime. Gandhi was clever at many things , but was a master of simplicity... austere in his own life . Which is never trite or banal . Very few men or women master that in their own lives . You know any ? They are rare.... If the truth be told the average joe , joe ...cannot focus their minds more than 5-7secs at a time , and that usually coming with great effort, before some distraction sets in. So you see , there is a need for examples of sincere devotion to simplicity with a passionate eye always ready to embrace and point the way to a more divine purpose in living . Takes very old souls to do this... This word "divine"...is quite a word isn't it ? Like beauty and justice and freedom...and living simply.