Differences in Western & Eastern Culture

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=980208" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="31800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Message </b></FONT><B>   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Message"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Differences in Western & Eastern Culture</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Summary of Underlying Assumptions and Values</b></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="541" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 34 WIDTH="269"><div> <B>Western</b></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="253"><div> <B>Eastern</b></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 717 WIDTH="269"><bR> <div> Western refers to nations who origins of law and of reasoning stem from Greek and Judeo-Christian tradition.</div> <bR> <div> The Universe was created and is controlled by divine power.</div> <bR> <div> The Universe is a lifeless mass.</div> <bR> <div> The universe separates the knowing human from thins to know.</div> <bR> <div> Thinking leads to clear and distinct ideas in categories.</div> <bR> <div> Knowledge leads to awareness of specific facts.</div> <bR> <div> Knowledge comes from the scientific method and analytical logic.</div> <bR> <div> Growth can lead to social changes.</div> <bR> <div> Time is moving from past toward future: humans synchronize their time with clocks and machines.</div> <bR> <div> Individual needs may come before group needs.</div> <bR> <div> Communication is direct and verbal.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="253"><bR> <div> Eastern as used here includes Asian and other indigenous cultures, such as Native American Indian cultures.</div> <bR> <div> The Universe unfolds itself, not due to outside power.</div> <bR> <div> The Universe is one vast living organism, continually changing and impermanent,</div> <bR> <div> The Universe is one vast living organism of many interrelated forces and parts: humans are a part of life force.</div> <bR> <div> Things are known holistically, not by analysis: thinking leads to imprecise statements.</div> <bR> <div> The purpose of knowledge is to see the unity of all things.</div> <bR> <div> Knowledge comes from intuition.</div> <bR> <div> Growth can lead to oneness with the Universe.</div> <bR> <div> Time is a continuous wheel: humans synchronize their time with nature.</div> <bR> <div> Group conformity is necessary for unity.</div> <bR> <div> Communication is indirect and often silent: understanding is often grasped by observation.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>