Re: I'll tell you what it's all about....

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> It's a little like the old fable of the five blind women who want
>to know what an elephant looks like - one finds the tale and thinks 
>it's
>like a snake, one finds the leg and thinks it's like a tree, and so 
>on.
>Only collectively do they create and enact the elephant.
>Yours with extreme impudence,
>Camille

Hey, Camille,

I just found where that, I believe, originated.
It is a poem by Rumi, a philosopher/poet in the early 13th century.
The story is five men going in to a dark room, one-by-one to see the 
elephant.  If memory serves, I believe that they were considering buying 
it, but couldn't agree what type of animal they were buying.
This is just a footnote, but I thought it was interesting.  If anyone 
wants the poem, let me know, it won't take long to find.

Namaste,

Thor

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