Re: knowledge & proof [was "wee people"]

Please, Joe. Three times in your life you deliberately focused on certain
matters for several days running and you say this proves that fasting
connects you to reality? Concentrated thought had nothing to do with it?
This isn't even a plausible /post hoc/ presentation.
Dave

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:52:16 -0600 "Roberts, Joe"
<Joe.Roberts@thecb.state.tx.us> writes:
I have done 3 related things which I associate with Jesus experience in
the wilderness situation. However, I wasn’t the purist and didn’t
do it all in one piece.

   1. fasted on just grape juice just for a few days – this cut down the
noise from my bowels and I remembered how to feel rested like a child
among other things.
             i.e. it relieved a LOT of stress. I began to notice some
things popping into my mind once in a while spontaneously which I never
would have anticipated.
             This was the first time in my life that I became aware of
Old Testament things of benefit. It also contributed to what I would call
whole-brain thinking.
              I read the book Whole-Brain Thinking a few years later is
how I got this interpretation.

   2. spent 30 days in a row “observing” with a different focus each day
according to a weird concocted PLANNED list, in a so-called
“ambassadorship for Christ”
           journey, like a wilderness adventure, in conjunction with
following my normal routines as well, keeping a journal log. I didn’t
notice much benefit during the
           process, but it seemed to have a longterm effect, like 26-27
days to learn a new habit. I committed initially to 30 days, but I
actually ended up doing 40
           days. There are several good books that I would think would be
good motivators for such a thing, e.g. John Bevere or Rick Warren.

   3. spent 37 days in INTENSE observation after many years, which I felt
was a continuation of the previous trip, and felt a might presence every
day and
           right on the point of a new list with which I was already more
 experienced and acquainted in using. This was done after I recommended
to my
           daughters this wilderness trek idea and wanted to prove to
myself once again that it was worthwhile before I raised expectations.
The number 37
           was inspired by Vernon Jenkins notions.

The practice of journaling, in particular of LATER REVIEWING and
annotating changes in journals, works well with these concepts.
Received on Tue Nov 9 13:32:46 2004