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building a ship
« on: August 28, 2006, 06:04:24 AM »
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

~~Antoine St. Exupery~~

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Re: building a ship
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2006, 09:56:31 AM »
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Re: building a ship
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2006, 10:59:35 PM »
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 :o I love that story! Ironic beyond words spoken, youd mention it.  ;)
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Re: building a ship
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2006, 07:45:34 PM »
I was always fascinated (still am, heh..) by the image of the elephant in the hat!   :D
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Re: building a ship
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2006, 06:42:19 AM »
hhmmm....
"As long as we confuse the myriad forms of the divine lila with reality, without perceiving the unity of Brahman underlying all these forms, we are under the spell of maya..."
 -Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

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Re: building a ship
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2006, 04:14:01 AM »
I was always fascinated (still am, heh..) by the image of the elephant in the hat!   :D

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