just a reflection to my sister hazel
nor does the language i speak absolutely define me because i speak many languages and because i am constantly refreshed by the originality yet sameness, the romantic vs the mundane which are both expressed by the one language, the love with the hate 
the world is truly beautiful and refreshing if we really take the time to overstand it. my life has been a striking testimony of the oneness of humanity all across the world. i no longer believe there is any difference between me and some 32 year-old white woman or some indian or some asian woman somewhere in this world. nor does the language i speak absolutely define me because i speak many languages and because i am constantly refreshed by the originality yet sameness, the romantic vs the mundane which are both expressed by the one language, the love with the hate that is spewed forth. i overstand, my sister, the importance of speaking the other's language, of living the other's culture, of loving the other. that's one of the things i give thanks for in this life - the opportunity to travel, to have seen and lived and worked and served and built and sang and cried and rejoiced and learnt with the other. this has led me to the point of perfect love and acceptance of what is supposedly different from me.
tao te ching has suggested that we should get to the point where we don't need to leave our houses, our village, our country, to overstand the outsider. but i propose that it is the most valuable aspect of human relations and communications: to be able to see it live, to live it and to love it.
more peace. more love.
sekhetq
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Fri Jun 8, 2007
yes, i think immersion helps a lot in terms of really being able to take in another culture..i think that it is hard to say you understand a culture, without being there and being one with it first.. let’s go see the world! and like J.D.Salinger said:
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behaviour. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them & if you want to. Just as some day, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.â€
So let’s travel, let’s immerse, let’s love and overstand..and let’s WRITE. =) I sure will.
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