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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4649167" data-attributes="member: 54707">Well, you raise some really good points too PP, about Buddhism and reincarnation and Eastern religion and Western religion and independence. In a way Eastern religions are much more open and flexible, but also kind of meandering (as the Greeks would say, meaning wandering about in different directions), Western religions tend to be much more goal driven, time-conscious, and in secular life as well, culture is much more objective oriented and time conscious.  And individualistic.I'm also interested in the overlap of both cultures and religions as they intermingle. For instance my old Yoga master eventually became a devout Christian, perhaps partially through my influence (I was studying to be a Priest at that time) though I think he was always inclined in that direction, from early on. According to his stories. He though always remained a Yogin as well.I've been a Christian since a little kid, but since studying Yoga I adopted many of the meditation, prayer, and psychological practices into my Christianity. But not in the same way that he did the reverse. It's hard to describe what I mean exactly and I think it reflects a different outlook on things like religion, culture, society, and background. I adopted practices from Yoga into my Christianity, he adopted Christianity as his Yoga. If that makes any sense. So I suspect religion would be approached differently, even when talking about the same things. Culture likewise.Things like that have always fascinated me though.Anyways nice yakkign at ya again, but I gotta hit the sack early tonight.I gotta count at church tomorrow morning.See ya.</blockquote>

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