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**Jacob** · 10-09-2007, 09:23 AM

Leonard Cohen is a Canadian poet. He is also Jewish.

Cohen once booked himself into a spiritual retreat where he was welcomed by a Japanese guru. The guru told him that, for the duration of his stay, he himself wasn't going to be Japanese and advised Cohen not to be Jewish.

I wish that, in opportune times, it could always be that simple to set aside the differences which separate us.

Jacob

10-09-2007, 09:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jacob Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 198	Leonard Cohen is a Canadian poet. He is also Jewish. Cohen once booked himself into a spiritual retreat where he was welcomed by a Japanese guru. The guru told him that, for the duration of his stay, he himself wasn't going to be Japanese and advised Cohen not to be Jewish. I wish that, in opportune times, it could always be that simple to set aside the differences which separate us. Jacob __________________ Religions, movements and even nations are constructs invented by humans. They only take on meaning if humanity chooses to accept them.