On Aug 9, 2012 8:38 AM, "ss" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > FACING west from California's shores, > > Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound, > > I, a child, very old, over waves, towards the house of maternity, the land > > of migrations, look afar, > > Look off the shores of my Western sea, the circle almost circled; > > For starting westward from Hindustan, from the vales of Kashmere, > > From Asia, from the north, from the God, the sage, and the hero, > > From the south, from the flowery peninsulas and the spice islands, > > Long having wander'd since, round the earth having wander'd, > > Now I face home again, very pleas'd and joyous, > > (But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?) > > Of the subject of going west, my school, the Bishop's School in Poona told us > "Go west, young man go west". There was an arrow pointing west in the assembly > hall and if ashok wants I will send him a photo of that hall taken a month or > so ago. > > Interestingly I was reading, in the last few days some stuff by Max Muller and > he says that the expression "to orient oneself" is derived from the French > word for east, "orient" - as in "find your east" > > shiv >
So: East is west and west is best. Right?
