" it seems there is something lost in the translation"

I believe the term is Cargo Cult (sometimes):
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frum

On 1/11/2011 9:45 AM, iam deheretic wrote:
it is far beyond that rigsy  much more.
Allan

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    I thought Feng Shue was a principle of decorating ones home! My
    daughter has read up on this- probably in some magazine- and commented
    I had placed two carved Chinese dogs correctly though I simply thought
    they looked best that way. Sounds like the chicken/egg business to
    me. :-)

    On Jan 11, 7:39 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    > I thought that it was quite an oddity --  odd enough to share it
    is actually
    > really true  strange when you have 5 fridays, saterday and
    sundays all in
    > the same month ,,  know nothing of Feng Shue. like many native style
    > beliefs,, I do think there can be a very real validity for
    them,,  my
    > problem comes from when outsiders adopt the systems, it seems
    there is
    > something lost in the translation
    > Allan
    >
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    >
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    > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, gabbydott <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
    > > The truth that I see is that my friend just recently got hurt by a
    > > professional Feng Shui expert. And it really didn't hurt him,
    that's true.
    >
    > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:08 AM, iam deheretic
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
    >
    > >> My cousin called this to my attention and I looked it up
    > >> I'm not super superstitious, but this year July has 5
    Fridays, 5 Saturdays
    > >> and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is
    called money bags.
    > >> So Copy and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese
    Feng Shui. The
    > >> one who does not copy, will be without money. I can't let
    that person be ME!
    > >> What the heck- it can't hurt.it <http://hurt.it> is actually true
    > >> Allan
    >
    > >> --
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    > >>   )
    > >> I_D Allan
    >
    > >> If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    > >> Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
    >
    > --
    >  (
    >   )
    > I_D Allan
    >
    > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,- Hide quoted text -
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I_D Allan

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,


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