That which keeps you pure inside...

I remember a line from friend Egle...

"Crying keeps you pure inside."

After I did a little search... I found that tears and crying had a number of symbolic meanings.

"... crying as an emotional reaction is considered by many to be a uniquely human phenomenon, possibly due to humans' advanced self-awareness."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears

"Gold, to the Incas, was the 'sweat of the sun' and Silver the 'tears of the moon.' "
- http://www.crystalinks.com/incan.html

"...when the Tartar barbarians (Mongols) invaded China, dragons cried for the people. When the tears came to Earth, they changed to jade... Jade is thought to be able to help a person just by being in contact with it. The feel of cool jade is said to elevate and purify thoughts, to quiet the mind, and to induce a state of contemplation. "
- http://bosp.kcc.hawaii.edu/Horizons/Horizons2002/Chinese_Jade.html

"
(1) Women cry five times as much as men.
(2) Typical crying episodes last 6 minutes for men and women.
(3) Tears are more often shed between 7 and 10 p.m.
(4) No correlation of age with crying frequency exists.
(5) 85 percent female and 73 percent male report they feel better after crying."
- http://www.primalinstitute.com/newsletter/bernfeld1.html


Hmm...