Re: NANFA-- RE: Captive fish

B.G. Granier (bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net)
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:15:45 -0600

Could you come back as an Australian Leafy dragon?

BG
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From: <Arndtg_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Captive fish

> WOW
> when I come back into my next life time. I want to come back as a north
> american native fish in one of your tanks. I can tell you really love and
> take good care of your fish.
>
> For me. I am going through a learning process of the mythological and
> spiritual concept of ONEness. We are all ONE. we are NOT separate
beings.
> I can see that there is but ONE life force. that there is one life. we
all
> share that same life. so one fish eating another fish, is the mystery of
> immortality. The ONE life keeps going on alive. But I don't understand
it.
> I guess that is why it is a mystery.
>
> Oh yes. If there is only ONE. then how I treat my fish is how I treat
> myself. When I show love and respect for my fish, for the rivers, ponds
and
> streams of the land, I am really showing love and respect for myself.
And
> our journey upon this earth is to come to love ourself. and thereby love
> everything and everyone in this world.
>
> George Arndt
> Harvard, MA 01451
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/26/01 6:03:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net writes:
>
> << Subj: NANFA-- RE: Captive fish
> Date: 1/26/01 6:03:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: bgkajun_at_worldnet.att.net (B.G. Granier)
> Sender: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Reply-to: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>
> Someone once asked me if any fish I caught and kept captive, or maybe
even
> sent to another aquarist who is interested in the biological processes
and
> life spans of the subjects and I replied:
>
> Look at it this way:
>
> There aren't any predators in an aquarium, usually.
> There are no extremes of weather.
> There is always a food source.
> The fry are always given shelter.
> And a place to grow, safe from the other predators.
>
> If I mail them to another hobbyist, they are safely packed in double
bags.
> It's dark and even though they may be jostled, they're already asleep in
> their box surrounded by the cushioned effect of their water.
>
> If now I should die, I'd love to be a fish in a dedicated aquarists'
tank!
>
> BG >>
>
>
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