Gosh Chak  - ask an easy one eh - Monday and hard thinking work.

Lots of religions and "way" based faiths seem to have a common theme of the body as a vessel or a temple or to be honored by not over indulging in food or drink that might harm the body.  I have read that for the Judeo/Christian/Moslem religions that this is largely based on the understanding of health and food preparation of the time.  

How do I regard my body?  I do believe that it is largely a vehicle for carrying around my spirit - and clearly I don't regard my body as a particularly sacred vessel or I would have paid more attention to the way that I exercise and look after it.  Do I feel guilty - no.  Would I like to be in better shape - oh yes but only in the way that I would also like to be able to play the piano and be able to bowl a 10 pin bowling ball without it having to organise a catcher behind me.  But in spite of the fact I would like to do this stuff I don't do anything about it.  

In fact the only reason I do take reasonable care of my body - amount of alcohol I consume and what I eat has more to do about managing my moods knowing that the worse I feel physically the worse I feel emotionally.  There is nothing worse than depression and a hangover in the morning to my way of being.

Hm - still thinking - I'm glad this is an anonymous site.

I like this TA  UM xxx