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posted August 22, 2003 12:29 AM         

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ive seen it around as a salutation, and i have no idea what it means. can anyone fill me in?

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where i end and you begin there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin

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posted August 22, 2003 12:45 AM           

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"I bow to the divine in you."

Namaste:
I honor the place in you
in which the entire Universe dwells.

I honor the place in you
which is of Love, of Truth, of Light and of Peace.

When you are in that place in you,
and I am in that place in me,
we are One.

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posted August 22, 2003 12:45 AM         

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ohhh ok. thanks prox

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where i end and you begin there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin

i am up in the clouds i am up in the clouds and i can't and i can't come down

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posted August 22, 2003 02:44 AM         

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'namaste' is an indian greeting derived from the language sanskrit(or hindi) and the script devnagari.
it can be broken further into 2 words-
namah- i bow
te- to you.
it can also be interpreted as "the god in me bows down to the god in you".
in india people greet each other by folding their hands and saying 'namaste'
hope this helps.

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posted August 22, 2003 04:48 AM           

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How do you say it??

is it aste as in Paste or ???

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posted August 22, 2003 09:14 AM         

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no, not as paste.
aste is as in 'aster';i mean u just pronounce aster as usual but without the 'r'.
and the t in namaste is not spoken as the t in tender ;it is more as 'tha'.
hope i did'nt lose u out there completely.

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posted August 22, 2003 09:32 AM         

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its beautiful superbull

is it like nam ash tay? is that right?

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where i end and you begin there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin

i am up in the clouds i am up in the clouds and i can't and i can't come down

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posted August 22, 2003 09:32 AM           

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so like nam-as-tha??

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posted August 22, 2003 11:00 AM         

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Here you go...it's "namastay"
Hope the link works for you...

http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/namaste1.html

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posted August 22, 2003 11:23 AM         

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One of my favorite words.

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posted August 22, 2003 11:56 AM         

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what trillian said
i love it too

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posted August 22, 2003 12:51 PM         

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Num-uss-tay. The divine in me bows to the divine in you.

SunShyne

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posted August 22, 2003 12:55 PM         

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Puurrrfect Sunshyne!

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posted August 23, 2003 01:44 AM           

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posted August 23, 2003 01:53 AM         

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posted August 24, 2003 05:06 AM         

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could anyone please tell me the meaning of'ankh'?
i saw it in the smilies list & also read abt it somewhere in this site.i know it is somehow connected to astrology 'but i don't know how.

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posted August 24, 2003 06:56 AM         

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It's just the Egyptian symbol of eternal life.

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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posted August 24, 2003 10:47 AM         

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thanks,Mr Randall Sir.

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posted August 25, 2003 01:43 PM         

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faery, my yoga instructor explains to us that "Namaste" is something said as goodbye in India...

And loosely translated it means:

"My Soul bows to your Soul"

Cheers!

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posted August 25, 2003 01:46 PM         

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namaste!

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where i end and you begin there's a gap in between there's a gap where we meet where i end and you begin
and i'm sorry for us the dinosaurs roam the earth the sky turns green where i end and you begin

i am up in the clouds i am up in the clouds and i can't and i can't come down

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posted August 25, 2003 02:07 PM         

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Lost Leo ,
believe me; i live in India and namaste is NOT goodbye.
please refer to my earlier post regarding the meaning of namaste.

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