On Warmest Greetings: I hope your cattle are well

Mingalaba Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Burmese!

Sawubona Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Zulu!

Hej Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Swedish!

Moyo Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Tshiluba!

Bangawoyo Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Korean!

Shalom Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Hebrew!

Góðan daginn Baha'i Views!
Now you know how to greet people in Icelandic!

I've been "collecting" the greetings I get each time I go onto Flickr. It's a Baha'i world. -gw

In order to understand observed behaviour, we need background information to use as a yardstick for later judgement. This means it is necessary to take into consideration the transcultural conditions as well as the conditions which, in the personal history of the patient, first gave his behaviour a meaning.

Over the last thirteen years, I have developed a new concept of psychotherapy and self-education which has been developed from a transcultural point of view. In Germany when you meet someone the greeting ceremony begins with the question: "How are you?" The answer: "Thank you, very well" means, if I am healthy and I am well everything is alright. In the same situation in the Orient one asks: "How are you, how is your wife and your children?" It means, if my family is well everything is well, and I feel well. In Kenya when they meet, the Masai greet each other with the words: "I hope your cattle are well." In Germany usually people have depressions because of their isolation and lack of contact. In the Orient people become sick and depressive because they have excessive contact.

APPLICATIONS OF POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
Nossrat Peseschkian
http://www.bahai-studies.ca/archives/bsnb/bsnb3-1.peseschkian.html

"Every age has its own problem and every soul its particular aspiration." - Bahá'u'lláh

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