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To: Keith Feral who wrote (163682)	6/5/2005 12:19:38 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bubba was from Alabama and was a hard-shell Southern Baptist. He loved to sneak away to the race track. One day he was there betting on the ponies and losing his shirt when he noticed a priest step out onto thetrack and bless the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, this horse -- a very long shot -- won the race. Bubba was most interested to see what the priest did in the next race. Sure enough, he watched the priest step out onto the track as the horses for the fifth race lined up, and placed a blessing on the forehead of one of the horses. Bubba made a beeline for the window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though another long shot, the horse the priest had blessed won the race. Bubba collected his winning and anxiously waited to see which horse the priest bestowed his blessing on for the 6th race. The priest showed, blessed a horse, Bubba bet on it, and it won! Bubba was elated! As the day went on, the priest continued blessing one of the horses, and it always came in first. Bubba began to pull in some serious money, and by the last race, he knew his wildest dreams were going to come true. He made a quick stop at the ATM, withdrew big money and awaited the priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on. True to his pattern, the priest stepped out onto the track before the last race and blessed the forehead, eyes, ears and hooves of one of the horses. Bubba bet every cent, and watched the horse come in dead last. He was dumbfounded. He made his way to the track and when he found the priest. He demanded, "What happened, Father? All day you blessed horses and they won. The last race, you blessed a horse and he lost. Now I've lost my savings, thanks to you!!" The priest nodded wisely and said, "That's the problem with you Protestants you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and the Last Rites." _____________________________________ And thus is your understanding of Rumi :( But at least you try.

To: Keith Feral who wrote (163682)	6/5/2005 7:25:10 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

<The biggest conundrum for all peace and hope is how to unify people without oppressing them> That's easy. People self-unify to the extent they please. If they don't, there's no problem. If they do, there's no problem. Mostly they do, because as with a brain, not all neurons connect all the time [epilepsy], but a neuron on its own in the jungle will not do as well as being unified with billions of others with their own specialties not to mention billions of other cells doing various jobs, and not to mention billions and trillions of other beings, who keep the whole show on the road. Long long ago, there were single cells. Gradually, the multi-cells, swarms and species ganged up and did better than the alternatives. The single cells found their niches though. Now, humans are forming pretty much a single entity, underpinned by the trillions of other beings keeping Gaia on its axis. Not only that, but we are in the process of inventing a supraorganism - smart cyberspace. Mqurice