--- Rick Archer wrote: > > Partly, it¹s an Indian cultural thing. Indians hate to say no. So they say > yes even when they mean no. MMY often did this. He would say yes to someone > then a few minutes later tell his secretary to tell the person no.
I recall a tape on my teacher training course in which MMY talked about culturing God Consciousness via devotion. He talked about the role of marriage in helping that process along. In the course of his discourse, he said to never say no to your spouse. He said to always say yes, even if you have to say no later. That advice struck me as troublesome even before I learned the importance of being impeccable with one's word. I felt that changing one's mind would present even greater problems, and I still feel so today. But it makes sense in the cultural context described above. The Western variation seems to be to say "yes" when one definitely means yes, and "maybe" when one would rather not say yes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
