The spoken word: "Enter"

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Registered: 12-23-2003
The spoken word: "Enter"
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Mon, 06-20-2005 - 8:50am

Enter


Enter a room so that people know you've arrived.  Before you enter, take a deep breath.  Don't forget to exhale.  When you enter a new phase of your life, mark it with a ceremony.  Leave your shoes off when you enter your bedroom.  Enter a new relationship with your yourself:  treat yourself first more often.  When life presents you with an opportunity the likes of which never encountered, open the door and enter.  If you're scared, enter anyway.  When you enter a restraunt or theatre alone, enter with the knowledge that you have as much right to be there as anyone in a couple or in a group.  When you enter a forest, pause for a prayer.  When you enter a room filled with beautiful women of all sizes, all shapes, all colors, all ages, and all persuations, enter with a grin on your face and enter proud.


                                                                     -- Words of Wisdom for Women


 


 


 

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Registered: 03-30-2005
Tue, 06-21-2005 - 12:23am
When in Cario egypt entered their temples shoes not allowed, nice to be with them. Good to see more women free from bondage to men , and if need be, seperated where in some are able to be both a father and mother to their children (that is haveing the male and female qualities) been and continue going thru new phases of living for the gaining of LIFE and the things that One would not do over again is no longer them, doors open and other doors close isn't it wonderful , looking at women and their wonderful intuition some with greater wisdom and trust they receive more.
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Registered: 02-27-2004
Tue, 06-21-2005 - 3:46pm

I too went to the temples whilst in Cairo. It was for me a rare opportunity to see inside some very ancient and wonderful Christian churchs, a beautiful and also very old synagogue and a more modern but still beautiful mosque. It was lovely to see people from all denominations entering into one another's sacred and holy places and each person showing respect for all. People we were travelling with who followed Islam removed thier shoes in each holy place regardless of which one it was. I felt that showed enormous respect for each religion as all were treated with equal respect.

In the mosque we all removed our shoes (and had to pay to retrieve them lol) and those females amongst us were required to wear cloaks with hoods that covered our hair and our bodies. Like yourself I regarded this opportunity as a wonderful experience. One person asked why it was that women were required to pray separately and behind the men hidden by screens as if they were second class citizens. (Please excuse my ignorance but I do not know if this is the normal practice for Islam everywhere but I assume that it is.) The guide seemed quite surprised by this question and explained that it was nothing to do with women being treated disrespectfully but was instead for the men's benefit allowing them to pray and keep their mind on Allah without the distraction of a woman's beautiful hair or shape of her body. Without that explanation I too would have assumed (wrongly) together with the person who asked the question that it was a way of keeping women down. Although we were only there a matter of minutes it was probably for me my only opportunity to enter a mosque and to learn a little about a religion I had previously known nothing about, but about which I would like to learn more as it was very interesting.

Carol