To: 2MAR$ who wrote (17240 ) 6/21/2001 8:01:29 AM From: average joe Read Replies (1) | Respond to "If we were speaking about Madonna and her statement "we are living in a material world , and I'm just a material girl..." I agree with Madonna."And in Gandhi's case also, the setting an example of If Ghandi was so great why is their starving and misery in India today?"Gandhi was clever at many things, but was a master I know several living people that to me are more of an inspiration than dead guys I never met."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." Really? I guess I have more focus than the average joe you speak of. Living in a material world we need sleep and food. If you can't focus on more than one thing for more than 10 seconds there are drugs that can assist you. "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." I don't like it and never use it because I reject the supernatural. Ghandi may have been great, I can't adore what I don't know personally. If Ghandi was great it was in his individual life and you only share in your own life, not the lives of others. Be an inspiration to others and you to can be great. We humans got it all, we perform the miracles. The least person you will meet today is more important to your individual existence than the sum total of Ghandi in relation to you. Stand in the light, not in the shadows of others reflections.
