tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post7627068832115878070..comments2023-10-19T13:49:15.915+03:30Comments on View from Iran: Interview 2: Covering the Iranian BlogosphereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-36085875570345610542007-08-14T16:02:00.000+03:302007-08-14T16:02:00.000+03:30One observation, is the missing element in the soc...One observation, is the missing element in the society that isn't spoken of, "faith", Regarding the ultimate questions one has about one's life and relationship to the Unknown. If all you can talk about are politics, then you are in danger of being like the guy who comes up to a richly dressed, handsome stranger on his hands and knees searching around on the street, looking for something very very intently. The guy, thinks, "Hey, maybe I should get involved because this guy may benefit me in some way." So he first asks the handsome stranger, "What are you doing out here on the street at night, don't you know its dangerous here?" The handsome stranger looks up and says with perhaps a hint of desperation in his voice, "Im looking for something I lost and I've got to find it!" Well, the other guy, thinks, "What luck, if I help him I am sure to get some kind of recognition or reward for my effort." So he says, "Let me help you!" The other guy says, "IF you want to that's fine with me."<BR/>So the guy bends down and says, "So what are we looking for?" The handsome stranger says, "A car key." <BR/>They keep on looking along the street gutter first one way and then another. Next on the sidewalk back and forth. After an hour or so, the guy asks, "Well, are you sure you lost it here? And the other answers, "No, I didn't." At this the guy asks, "Well why are we spending time looking here? Where did you lose it?" <BR/>"I lost it over there." pointing off into the darkness to the left of the side walk in a front yard. "But, its too dark over there, can't see a think. Thought it would be much easier to search over here under the street light."<BR/><BR/>There might be some advantage searching for answers in trying to decipher Ahmadinejad motives. After all that is where most of the light of attention is focused. But really, how helpful is it? Perhaps it isn't really a case of looking for something lost, but seeking benefit from the companionship with the well connected, established, validated. <BR/><BR/>I mean for alot of people talking about the Unknown inside the Self, is like looking in the grass of someone elses' yard in the darkness. There's all kinds of rationally irration fears of trespassing, guard dogs, etc. So I can sympathize with your justifications.<BR/><BR/><B>However you won't find the keys.</B><BR/>The keys to the car are real. The car being the engine of society.<BR/><BR/>Edo River rising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-5865348184005138642007-08-08T03:47:00.000+03:302007-08-08T03:47:00.000+03:30I have always admired Hamid for all his work. Than...I have always admired Hamid for all his work. Thanks for this interview.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com