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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:59 PM Original message |
Photo: Obama Meditating Before The Debate |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's too private of a moment |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I understand what you mean but..... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. In our faith tradition--his and mine--we call it praying. And I'm not at all surprised. nt |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I've got that hymn "It Is Well With My Soul" running through my mind. NT |
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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. well, no one can be certain what exactly he was doing. I figured he was just clearing his mind. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Prayer, meditation, same thing. Both/either are very useful. nt |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love that photo. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. The photos with Michelle are very revealing IMO. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. He's not praying he is going over debate notes |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I believe you. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. well see, that's the beauty of prayer, you can do it with your eyes open.... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Oh, that is so cute with Biden and |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. that's impressive since it would involve him seeing through his eyelids |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Wow |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. MEDITATING????? Isn't that what BUDDHISTS do...??? |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think he would saying praying. |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. What is with the fear of the word meditating? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. He is of a specific faith tradition, which does not often use the word meditation. |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. He isn't doing anything religious at all. He is doing some thinking. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. how do you know what he is doing? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The same fear some people have of the word "meditation". |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. He's a Christian, of the same denomination as me. We believe in a Higher Power. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Many Christians, me included, meditate. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I was raised a ministers daughter and my father used both words. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Meditating is not the same as concentration |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I didn't mean to get into word games |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Onepointednessgate! |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. you just feel privledged to be a witness to all of it - all the pictures in the file are great this |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. He looks you in the eye, listens to you, and comes to a |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He's obviously learned a lot from Bill Clinton. Bill does the same thing. n/t |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. He did that in 2004, and did not know Bill Clinton. |
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