Merle,
You're welcome. My days may be numbered, here, though.
But I've been thrown out of BETTER places!
take care of yourself, now;
One Ch'an person to another,
..if we're really *that* many,
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe..
>
> thanks joe...do you get it now mike?...merle
>
> Mike,
>
> In some cultures, animals are considered gods.
>
> (I look in my cats' eyes, and wish they could tell me something of their
> spirituality).
>
> I don't rule-out that they have some such. I just don't clearly recognize it.
>
> Our spirituality is clear to us. But how would we communicate our
> spirituality to a Moose? If we're so spiritual, you'd think we could.
>
> A wild Goose may be on to something we know nothing about.
>
> In Egypt, Bastet is a gorgeous god in cat form. Pharaohs kept a bevy of cats.
>
> (Spiritual) martial art forms mimic animal movements; Edgar gets down on all
> fours for certain exercises; Ancient religions thought highly enough of
> animals to offer them to their human gods in sacrifice; Some people bowed to
> an image of a golden calf, with horns. Some Christians in USA worship snakes
> (or use them in their services).
>
> People of the past may have known about animal spirituality. Have we lost
> this knowledge, AND lost the sense with which to detect it? Yes. And we
> can, and do regain it. But things then may not seem exactly to us as they
> seemed to the ancients.
>
> ...Just talking a little here about animals and spirituality, ours, and
> "theirs". Not meaning to say much; and, succeeding!
>
> Best,
>
> --Joe
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