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In article <2mqe3v$l0v@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
Ann Burlingham <axb39@po.CWRU.Edu> wrote:
>
>In a previous article, an48308@anon.penet.fi (Lucy J.) says:
>>
>>As I stare out my office window and observe the tree in the court yard
>>I wonder if I should reject it because it grew up different than me.
>>I wonder if it rejects me for the same reason.  Yet we occupy the same
>>court yard space from time to time.  It brings me morning doves and
>>humming birds to remind me that I am alive and that I am one with the
>>vast universe, what a treasure for my heart. I bring it good thoughts
>>and awareness that it is alive and we are not separate but one.
>
>But you are not a tree, are you? You are not the same thing, right? I'm not
>flaming you - I just hope you realise that this is really not a very good
>comparison.
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	I think the fact that Lucy is not a tree is the point -- they
are two different entities and yet seems able to coexist.  It is
more of a metaphor for living in harmony with all living things
rather than an analogy, since for the analogy to be accurate, the
tree would have to be sentient and be *capable* of expressing
like or dislike.

wm
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    Many people never grow up.  They stay all their lives with a
    passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not
    to trust their own judgement.
                                    -- Alan Watts