i understand what's going on... (warning : too deep !)

[Ming the Merciful]

in other words, ming, all roads lead to rome, yes?

That is a misconception. It should be, "All Roads Lead to Athens", as that was the first Democratic Culture. Rome only followed the example of Greece. However, look at the name. Chinese ancestry. The first Civilization was China, (need I say more)? The "Ming" Dynasty? The Ming Empire also built the Great Wall of China, and the Forbidden City. I am proud of my Chinse ancestry, (he says modestly). When I think of my ancestry, my Ego goes into overdrive. That sounds good for somebody who has had training in Zen. Although as the Master said, "The ways of overcoming self-delusion and Ego is to embrace it". No, that is not a contradiction. When you understand Ego, then you overcome it. I could write a discourse of that alone. So ends the discourse...

Peace.