The Plumbline

As I was exploring Downtown Disney in Orlando, I came across a food truck whose business name was "Namaste", a term used way to casually these days and perhaps not as well understood as it needs to be. Now if you are unfamiliar with that term, let me just elaborate a little for you. Namaste is a term used by those who are regular yoga enthusiasts as a form of greeting and salutation at the beginning and end of the yoga session. In the truest use of the term, there is a combined gesture of hands brought together, fingers pointing upward, and a slight bow at the waist with the accompanied greeting. If you did not know what this "respectful greeting" really means, it would seem kind of harmless - like you were just saying "peace be with you". When you look at the origin of the term in Hinduism, you might be surprised to find it means "I bow to the divine in you". In modern culture, and among the yoga enthusiasts out there everywhere, it has come to...