Namaste

Got a few questions this AM. Sometimes you sign off your posts with "Namaste", what the heck does that mean?

Namaste is Hindu. It literally means "I bow to you." Figuratively it means "You and I are equals." This is, of course, my interpretation as a white boy. I obviously do not have the life experience in Hindu ways to give an authentic defintion.

A lot of times I sign off that way in comments to people to let them know I think of them as equals; no better, no worse, just human.

I could write volumes about why I gravitated towards Buddhism in my late teens but I'll save that for some other post. It works for me, its a good path for me. I'm not a good Buddhist but thats really not the point.

I'm on a path and I like where its going.