Re: Mechanics of Fasting

Bob Aldrich ( baldric@earthlink.net )
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 23:35:50 -0800

Hexslinger wrote:
> and healthy - THEY HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR CLAIMS. It's called 'Burden of
> Proof', remember? This concept applies just as well to charlatans claiming
> 'free energy', shamans claiming 'miraculous healings', and anyone else who
> makes outrageous and unsubstantiated claims. Unless they're willing to
> prove themselves, they should simply keep to themselves and shut up, know
> what I mean?

Jeeze! So serious! Go arrest them! Put them on trial! String them up!

Actually, the one guy I knew who didn't eat but a half a sandwich a week
never told anyone but me, that I ever heard of. He just wasn't
interested in eating, that was all. I think we spoke of it about twice
in that whole two months. He wasn't making any claims at all! He just
mentioned it in a rather interested way.

Now *I* on the other hand was quite amazed, having never been able to
quit eating for more than several hours! I have probably told
thirty-forty people about this over the ensuing twenty-five years. But
I've only mentioned it to people as a matter of interest, not trying to
PROVE anything.

"When the highest type of men hear the Tao
They try hard to live in accordance with it.
When the mediocre hear the Tao,
They seem to be aware and yet unaware of it.
When the lowest type hear of Tao,
They break into loud laughter-
If it were not laughed at, it would not be Tao.
-LAOTSE