Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxj!amra From: amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Meditation, Prayer, & Fasting (Thanks!) Message-ID: <761@ihuxj.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 08:09:09 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxj.761 Posted: Thu Dec 6 08:09:09 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:58:04 EST References: <2564@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 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.