--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did anyone hear anything resembling the following? > > > > > > MMY was once asked why with other traditions of "spiritual > > > architecture" (my term) it was okay to have a southern entrance. > > > I'm not sure whether the reference was to Feng Shui as I'm not that > > > familiar with it but the response was apparently: south is okay for > > > an entrance for that tradition because the knowledge for that > > > country/nation/culture came from the south. I presumed that the > > > country in question was china and that the knowledge being referred > > > to was Buddhism which came to India vis a southern route (east from > > > India through Burma and Indo-China and then north to China). > > > > > > Are my recollections on this correct...anyone heard anything like > > > this? > > > Ok, just for fun, and momentarily disregarding any exploitive aspects > of the migrations, look at at various "immigrant" groups and their > entrance to the US, and how, as a whole, the group has fared. > > Anglo-Saxon types, continental europeans entered East, via Ellis > Island or East Coast. Generally did well. > > Hispanics from Mexico and South America, entering from the South have > not historically done so well. > > Blacks, via forced migration, aka slavery, often entered from the > South, via Cuba and Carribean slave trading / holding centers, or via > major river ports, e.g., New Orleans and Mississippi gateway. > Historically have not done so well. > > Asian immigrants entering from the West. Have done OK, better than > those entering from the South. > > Multi-stop immigrants, migrating to Canada, then entering US from the > North, have done pretty well, as have long-resident Canadians. > > > And one of the largest current terrorist threats are terrorists > entering the US via the Southern borders, within groups of illegal > hispanic entrants.
...and, of course, there was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who, if I remember my Mother-Olsen 101 "Hermit in the House" information correctly, entered the U.S. from the West. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
