Fasting - act of faith

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tev treowlufu Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:47 PM Re: [Raw

Food] Water fasting was-- Re: Pleasure Trap

 

That was an excellent commentary on fasting, but surely

you aren't going dogmatize fasting with this concept below.

Animals fast, and it has nothing to do with " an act of faith. "

The bodies' of animals function in " fasting " mode to accomplish

the task of restoration.

 

For many humans, fasting may be utterly tied to " an act of faith, "

as you suggest; but I have discussed with others, on fasting forums,

of how they approach fasting much differently (many, as a discipline,

and not as an act of faith).

 

swaraj,

 

tev

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Tev,

 

I do not mean this in some " religious " sense, but any act of trusting is an

act of faith. The only difference is the level of consciousness of the

individual, whether animal or human, the level of awareness that an act of

trust and faith is indeed occurring. For animals, the trust or faith may be

intrinsic -- they simply don't question everything as we tend to do, and in

this sense, they may be more fully connected with their own instinct, their

own innate intelligence, than we are. We have the gift of conscious

awareness, which implies the opportunity to disconnect from our gift.

 

Elchanan

 

 

 

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