In Bible terminology, the phrase "East to West" refers to instantaneous knowledge. East from west is a matter of distance. As the famous authors point out, "never the twain shall meet". When one travels North to South, eventually one reaches a destination, but when one travels, one never actually gets to "east" or "west". It is an unobtainable goal, so the matter is forever. When God says "as far as the East is from the West" it means forever because one can never travel to either destination as a destination. The East possesses a general symbolism as the ancient world where civilization was born. In fact the middle east is known as the "cradle" of civilization. Ancient cultures and values are associated with the east and wisdom associated with the far east. Associated with the east are additional symbolic correspondences such as spring, hope and childhood. It is the direction to which worship is oriented, especially for the solar gods of ancient times. The east possesses a general symbolism of the past and the ancient world.  The west represents the direction of scientific progress and advanced cultures. It has been the major direction of exploration by world explorers culminating with the discovery of America by Columbus. This symbolism has gained such a wide acceptance that one can talk of a western and eastern world view. The west is universally associated with death. J.C. Cooper notes in An Illustrated Encyclopedia, that it symbolizes autumn, the dying sun and middle age. In China, west symbolizes dryness and sorrow and the element metal, the color white and the animal the White Tiger. In Eygptian mythology, the "western lands" are the territory the souls of the dead make a hazardous pilgrimage to in their quest for immortality. So i guess all those who live in the WC are zombies............sorry but that's what i see from my philosophy, culture, religion, art and historical perspectives. Good luck WC people.

JPEG · Jun 22, 2009 5:22 PM

Ronald Reagan once said, "if the pilgrims had found the west coast first, the east coast would still be wilderness" West Coast Rocks!

hawaldar · Jun 22, 2009 7:12 PM

mr JPEG i dont know what the heck you are talking about. the whole thing you talked about is a deep shit.  it must be california legallized bud effect.

still_snake · Jun 23, 2009 12:20 AM

Life in Texas is beautiful than East coast and West coast. Don't mess with Texas.

RNB · Jun 23, 2009 1:57 AM

Visit Boston...and I guess you wont be boasting about WC....Where are IVY leagues colleges? MIT HArvard ..Princeton..YAle..brown, UPenn..Columbia ...Dartmouth college ... New england creates all the intellectuals for United States...EC simply rocks  :D

AlterEgo · Jun 23, 2009 9:55 AM

West Coast people are bumsEast Coast people are thugs

Power_Ranger · Jun 23, 2009 10:08 AM

East side or West side  home side is the best.Perhaps  in  the west coast you get more gyante mula with nepali taste than in the east coast.No matter where you live in the land of opportunity east, west or in the middle if you have  good life .We all came here for the better life. If you are  not happy or cannot satisfied yourself with american way, forget west coast or east coast think about yourself.

kalupandey · Jun 23, 2009 11:02 AM

Ay yo I'm from New York man!!! Representin N.Y.C. to the fullest I pull it, Heads be duckin in New York be bussin Take that.... Welcome To New York mutha f**kas, where we don't play And out of towners get got like everyday And a gangstas a gangsta in every way Sittin on twenty two's this what long money do Now the don's on it, Diddy shine on it Tell Flex to run it back and drop a bomb on it Sunday we layin low and hay lo sippin cris and we straight Monday we go to Bungalow 8 Tuesday I'm in spa drunk doin the shake And for the rest of the week we just follow the freaks You can spot us out of town by the way that we walk The way that we talk, cocky the state of New York Hot now top down at the Rucker game New coup no roof playa what's my name? Now Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Uptown what now?! let's make it happen New York,if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere We still here!!! And we buildin four more new towers!!!!

Joint · Jun 23, 2009 2:47 PM

No no.. no east. no west! we like it in the villages of the minnesota best! big strong cows, wonderful the green corn. everyone is welcome now. heaven stretch from left to the right way, and sun gallops on mighty 'rath' across heavenly highway. and at the dark night, sky is a more dark role than black koyla from the muddy stoves, punctured with thousands of hunreds of brilliant holes. Why? Like sumbody never got tired of throwing compass at the big black sky. And when it snows its even more beauty than the beautiful. Whiter than the cows milk it is, softer than udder. the other udder fool. and more the wonderful in the summer pool, because of ful, you know, beatiful yellow ful basking in summer school. Your concrete jungle no good, ours have lazy lions, walrus, why even the shouting cow. All hailing from da hood. And dont need to talk very much kich-kich. Actions espeak louder than words, they say so, beech. piece out horndogs!

dekchidriver · Jun 23, 2009 3:22 PM

NORTH WEST (SEATTLE) is best... (Job/Education/Safety/Peace/Entertainment/Luxurious life) aru k chahiyo ?

washingtonguy · Jun 23, 2009 3:55 PM

COWS!

dekchidriver · Jun 23, 2009 4:06 PM

Good Morning NYC

JPEG · Jun 23, 2009 4:30 PM

Choose one. 1. Grass is greener on the other side. 2. Grass is greener on my side. 3. You nourish the grass, it'll turn Greener wherever you are. If it snows, take them inside. If there's fire, protect it. If there's a hurricane/tornado - first save your life and then the grass : ) 

OldMaven · Jun 23, 2009 8:45 PM

WC too many forest fires, where got green? also where can people live like that apart from so many bush, forest, jungles fires, Earthquake going to strike any time. One time Earthquake, WC finish!  EC=BOSTON=NYC=D.C=Florida =USA WC=California= Mexcian territory

JPEG · Jun 23, 2009 9:17 PM