2010
Fasting does so many things for us that it is hard to pin down a specific reason for why we should all do it. Fasting is most often linked to food but there are a great many ways to fast and a great many things to fast from.
This world is geared toward over consumption. We over consume food, television, and information. Sometimes creating a temporary space between you and something that you may otherwise think is extremely pleasurable is a good thing.
It often proves to be the case that when we do take that break from something we love, we find that the pleasure is greater once we bring it back into our daily life.
You should always remember that it is the space between the notes that make music what it is.
The moments apart from something that we love makes the moments we have with it just that much more special.
I suppose I am digressing a little bit. Fasting is important for many reasons. What I have found is that fasting shows us directly the hierarchy of needs that exists within our human structure.
In the Russian medicinal system, a weekly complete fast (no food or liquids) is advocated. Logic would tell you that the only thing you would really be craving by the end of it is food. That is what our tendency is. But, the real truth is that we so rarely go without and so we really wouldn’t know.
I did this sort of a fast on a regular basis for a long time and the only thing I would crave at the end of it was water. Now, this seemed funny to me the first time I experienced it. What I realized was that there was a specific hierarchy of requirements.
First requirement is air. We need to breathe. Breath is life and we can only go a few moments without it.
Water is next, and then food, and then sex. And, typically the need for sex will not typically arise unless the other needs are satisfied.
Beyond any other reason, fasting is a good way to really get an honest look at what it is we actually need and why.
It creates a deep sense of discipline. It revives your sensory acuity. It creates a sharper mind and a stronger body. This has been my experience.
It gives you a deeper understanding of the need to entertain the feeling of emptiness and to be able to learn from it.
Fasting rejuvenates all systems. It enables the body to burn up the stuck toxins and unnecessary fat cells as fuel. A complete fast goes one further, allowing the bacteria to be starved out.
Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights in the bible. In many holy texts, the concepts of fasting and prayer occur together quite often because they are intrinsically linked.
To connect with your higher source, it is important to first flush out the system of toxic matter. A clean body can better allow the light to move through it, which is kind of how I believe we connect with God consciousness. This is not a proven fact but science will eventually catch up.
The point is just to try it, even for very short periods of time. Just fast. Fast from something whether it is television, news, information, food…anything.
If you do try a nutritional fast, go at it slowly. It’s always good to begin slowly and build up. Start with fruit fasts, and then switch to juices along with green powders, then to water and/or complete fasting.
Do this over a period of months so you can build up your capacities.
If you follow the nutritional suggestions I outline in the Hacking the Body Mind protocol, you will soon find that the process of fasting becomes much much simpler because you will be building up the body’s nutritional stores to an amazingly high extent.
If you want a great book on fasting, try this one by Paul and Patricia Bragg.
Thanks for reading.
Peace, Love, Light!
