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From: amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Meditation, Prayer, & Fasting (Thanks!)
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Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 08:09:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  6 08:09:09 1984
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    Ellen,

   Thanks for a wonderful follow-up to my posting. I am interested to hear
  more about your beliefs/practices/philosophy(ies) if you wouldn't mind
  sending them. I am a Zen-Baptist personally but am interested to "listen"
  to others concerning their beliefs. To me there are numerous cases of
  religious "harmony" between supposedly opposing religions.

   I'd like to clarify something though if I may. When I spoke of "Fasting"
  I was neither condoning nor condemning the practice. I have heard/read
  about others who do though and was curious to know what they felt about
  such practices. Also, a person can "Fast" in many different ways, such as
  going without eating meat for a certain period of time or something of
  similiar nature. I believe there is some "symbolic" meaning in these 
  practices. I don't personally practice "fasting" or otherwise punish my
  body either. 

   By and large, I found your posting of great interest and was well worth
  the time to read! Thanks Again..........

   Peace & Best Wishes,
 Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihuxj!amra)

 P.S. You're the 2nd person to respond to this.