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Originally Posted by drallig9399  At my dojo, I think they talk about a Blue Lotus or something like that. I'm not really into meditation myself. I'd rather pray, but I need to do that more too. |
This is an interesting bit here. Maybe its because I'm from the north but I have always looked at prayer and meditation to be two different things altogether, especially the way that I have done/taught meditation in my history. I've always looked at meditation as a conversation with the self where as prayer is a conversation with deities or supernatural beings.
Interestingly I had one parent pull her kid out of my class because I was "preaching Hinduism to her son" something I "shouldn't be doing in school." Which is laughable because: 1) if Tae Kwon Do is related to any religion it is Buddhism, not Hinduism; 2) if anyone is going to be teaching religion, it certainly is not me; 3) my dojang pays rent and is not in anyway related to the Levittown School Board.
Another interesting story is that my friend's ex-girlfriend and her father were pissed when her drug/alcohol-free dorm at Duke became a "Wellness Dorm" and they instituted weekly Yoga classes which were strongly encouraged. Apparently Yoga also can be seen as taking some god before God.
To bring this full circle back to the original post. I have heard something about so called 'red' ninja groups which are based in Christian philosophy, anyone know anything about that?