tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post8775250300204028145..comments2023-11-03T17:56:12.796+05:30Comments on Coffee Rings Everywhere: Some QuestionsNatashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-54486329310795304682010-10-06T10:49:42.099+05:302010-10-06T10:49:42.099+05:30@ Rama - a non-stick vessel. What a great analogy....@ Rama - a non-stick vessel. What a great analogy.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-57243765881836163112010-10-05T22:52:35.643+05:302010-10-05T22:52:35.643+05:30Came to your blog through some other blog. I also ...Came to your blog through some other blog. I also want to know the answers to your questions. I can't understand why we should have such questions in the first place. How we try hard to rid ourselves of this dirt , but still find some dirt still sticking on us.Why can't we be like the non- stick vessel to which nothing sticks, so that we all can live in a healthy world?Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-61723084551868628252010-10-05T17:48:12.234+05:302010-10-05T17:48:12.234+05:30Nice to have you back, Dipali. And the ultimate ir...Nice to have you back, Dipali. And the ultimate irony is people using the currency notes with Gandhi-ji's picture for larger bribes.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-20081522341685521322010-10-05T17:38:34.142+05:302010-10-05T17:38:34.142+05:30So very true. Sadly, Gandhiji's truths are rar...So very true. Sadly, Gandhiji's truths are rarely followed:(dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-31908671414968234792010-10-05T17:38:33.159+05:302010-10-05T17:38:33.159+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-53388644415200863412010-10-04T08:01:48.154+05:302010-10-04T08:01:48.154+05:30@ Pamela Jo - the only problem is that the people ...@ Pamela Jo - the only problem is that the people who would be willing to ponder are not really the ones that need it.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-54756136730521611772010-10-04T06:19:24.550+05:302010-10-04T06:19:24.550+05:30Great questions to ponder.Great questions to ponder.Theres just lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01557649636152032566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-14421183631238946752010-10-03T09:54:24.932+05:302010-10-03T09:54:24.932+05:30@ Alex- shouldn't have been too hard, I hope.
...@ Alex- shouldn't have been too hard, I hope.<br /><br />@ Al- and how and when can and will the vicious cycle be broken?<br /><br />@ Jemi- he is an amazing man, isn't he?<br /><br />@ Clarissa- I wish we knew!<br /><br />@ Jackee- precisely. After all, what is greater than life - yours or another person'sNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-34356770683578863562010-10-03T09:49:24.224+05:302010-10-03T09:49:24.224+05:30Amen!
It's hard to see how violence can be j...Amen! <br /><br />It's hard to see how violence can be justified by any moral character who feels strongly about the Divinity of human life.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Rayna!Jackeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351019926958000627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-21519719589125125952010-10-03T06:40:04.230+05:302010-10-03T06:40:04.230+05:30Those are really important questions and sadly alt...Those are really important questions and sadly although people know the answers to many of the questions, many don't care. Why don't people care more!? <br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-6230113001330703452010-10-03T05:10:29.460+05:302010-10-03T05:10:29.460+05:30Gandhi's vision and words are incredible. Such...Gandhi's vision and words are incredible. Such an amazing heart.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-47061155759520980392010-10-03T03:43:44.082+05:302010-10-03T03:43:44.082+05:30Fantastic points.
Why, oh why can we not learn fro...Fantastic points.<br />Why, oh why can we not learn from our past.<br />The the non-violent approach that Gandhi developed achieved so much. Violence and hate simply continue in an unending cycle.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-10364935352804205012010-10-03T01:26:11.308+05:302010-10-03T01:26:11.308+05:30Deep questions today, Rayna! Had we not fallen fro...Deep questions today, Rayna! Had we not fallen from grace, maybe we would all get along.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-40136006090008256042010-10-02T22:18:43.135+05:302010-10-02T22:18:43.135+05:30@ Diandra- the condition of women in some countrie...@ Diandra- the condition of women in some countries is really pathetic - we would not survive a day in those countries.<br /><br />@ Fiona - that is perhaps the most powerful thing he said.<br /><br />@ SueAnn- you raise a very important point. Not just peace, but peace from a position of love- it should not be difficult<br /><br />@ Mason- maybe if enough people want it, it will be<br /><br />@ PK Hrezo- I do look forward to reading your next book in that case.<br /><br />@ Margot- precisely. There are so many real problems to be tackled- why do we waste our time with the things that don't matter?<br /><br />@ Mary- thank you, Mary<br /><br />@ Karen- the man was highly religious himself, but he did not force it on anyone else- that is the sign of the truely religious, I think<br /><br />@ Diane- precisely. The first are intrinsically pure, the other intrinsically notNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-11322617503429494072010-10-02T21:34:26.410+05:302010-10-02T21:34:26.410+05:30I agree with his words - I don't think spiritu...I agree with his words - I don't think spirituality and a relationship with God can co-exist with immorality.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-71605212456321743702010-10-02T18:17:02.582+05:302010-10-02T18:17:02.582+05:30Wonderful post! My mind is moving too fast to writ...Wonderful post! My mind is moving too fast to write.<br />Thank you, RaynaMary@GigglesandGunshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350818228268801008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-41542016542544379962010-10-02T17:52:56.940+05:302010-10-02T17:52:56.940+05:30Rayna - Thank you for giving us these important qu...Rayna - Thank you for giving us these important questions to ponder. So senseless and unnecessary deaths happen because of intolerance and hatred. Meanwhile, the problems we could turn ourselves to (poverty, education, medicine) don't get solved. Thank you for a powerful reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-72735010171195909922010-10-02T17:26:29.264+05:302010-10-02T17:26:29.264+05:30OH! I LOVE your questions!! So important to recogn...OH! I LOVE your questions!! So important to recognize all of these. I love the way you think. <br />I am going to tackle some of these very gently in my next YA book which will involve a romance within conflicting faiths.PK HREZOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650153097981426833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-22458783310758516162010-10-02T17:15:01.885+05:302010-10-02T17:15:01.885+05:30If only there could be Peace, Love and understandi...If only there could be Peace, Love and understanding.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-66000860515404024412010-10-02T16:51:08.376+05:302010-10-02T16:51:08.376+05:30Very good questions! Why can't we live as one...Very good questions! Why can't we live as one?? Why is it that so many want their belief system to the the top one...?? Oh what a world it could be if we could all be at peace and deal from a position of love??!!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-30947020839682009572010-10-02T15:43:08.213+05:302010-10-02T15:43:08.213+05:30I agree wholeheartedly with you!
We must be the ...I agree wholeheartedly with you! <br /><br />We must be the change we want to see in the world, as Gandhi once said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041251042986195891.post-2407341033155761892010-10-02T15:40:52.045+05:302010-10-02T15:40:52.045+05:30Beautiful, and very true.
Sadly, the idea of &qu...Beautiful, and very true. <br /><br />Sadly, the idea of "innocence" varies greatly from religion to religion and from culture to culture. There are countries where a woman can be sentenced for being in a room with a man. (Oh boy, I'd be so dead by now.)Diandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570498251611083259noreply@blogger.com