MathewJames
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That's a beautiful quote.
thank budda
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That's a beautiful quote.
thank budda
My body and brain/mind seems to throw me an extra survival edge emphasis when I fast sometimes (no more than 36hrs). Not sure what the entire connection is, but I like when fasting seems to make my brain give me more or better information about things or change my thinking to something that seems more relevant in life instead of more distractions and junk.
As a meditator, I am familiar with terms describing information downloads (i.e. info that seems to come to a person by another unknown, usually spiritual means). I have always thrown fasting in same catagory or part of the purpose for some reason. I figured that would mostly be one of the reasons to fasting- a genetic biological respone- to get more intouch with intuition, extra knowledge and spiritual aspects. When I don't eat for a while it's like lights start turning on sometimes. Anyway, I thought I would share that insight... IMO.
My last fast lasted 12 days. it was a water fast/no food. no spiritual reasons. proper material and physical interest for weight control and toxin release.Hi everyone
so . . . the topic of fasting (this seems like an appropriate forum)
how many of you fast?
what are your fasts like?
i typically fast each friday through monday
i'm interested in hearing what others do, if they include hot waters or teas, or certain mixtures . . . if they pray or meditate during the fast . . . how they deal socially with fasting, such as on outings w/ friends, or at social functions -- how do you explain the awkward -- "um, yeah i'm fasting"?
My last fast lasted 12 days. it was a water fast/no food. no spiritual reasons. proper material and physical interest for weight control and toxin release.
I did not leave the house a lot. and kept myself busy with internet reading and other normal and 'casual' mental practices.
Oh no. IT IS hard. normally they would tell you that within 3 days your hunger should wane off. that's not really so. you need to be determined from the beginning to go through with it.Interesting.
12 days is a lot, but i guess if you're drinking water throughout the day it's not that bad, and i'm sure you felt healthier!
It is a good idea to built a more lasting fasting programs, building it up. I would not go for long fasts, before you do short few days fast and build yourself up for it.I know some people who do the Master Cleanse,its where you only drink water mixed w/ lemon and cayenne pepper for 11 days, and it seems to do wonders -- but i 've never done it.
i'm slowly practicing for a longer fast - would really like to get to the stage where i can do a 40-day water fast.
Well low carbs can do that to some.Odion,
That's interesting. So if you don't fast for spiritual reasons, may I ask why you fast then? Have you ever fasted for more than 24 hours?
Can you tell me why you think it is more difficult to get to God by fasting? Because, personally, when I fast I feel closer to God.
Members of my Church are asked to fast once a month for two meals and to donate the money saved on those meals to the Church for use in feeding the hungry. We're always supposed to pray in conjunction with the fast. I always make a financial contribution, but if I fast for more than one meal, I get so faint that I have to go to bed. It's ridiculous to be such a weakling, but I am. On the occasions when I do fast, I continue to drink water to remain hydrated. It's never really been a problem on social occasions for me, because most of my social interaction is with people of my own faith. If I did find myself in the situation you describe, I'd probably just say, "um, yeah, I'm fasting" (probably kind of like how you described).Hi everyone
so . . . the topic of fasting (this seems like an appropriate forum)
how many of you fast?
what are your fasts like?
i typically fast each friday through monday
i'm interested in hearing what others do, if they include hot waters or teas, or certain mixtures . . . if they pray or meditate during the fast . . . how they deal socially with fasting, such as on outings w/ friends, or at social functions -- how do you explain the awkward -- "um, yeah i'm fasting"?
i do fast from Monday to Thursday...
Hi everyone
so . . . the topic of fasting (this seems like an appropriate forum)
how many of you fast?
what are your fasts like?
i typically fast each friday through monday
i'm interested in hearing what others do, if they include hot waters or teas, or certain mixtures . . .
if they pray or meditate during the fast . . .
how they deal socially with fasting, such as on outings w/ friends, or at social functions -- how do you explain the awkward -- "um, yeah i'm fasting"?
Actually your brain needs some intake of sugar to function properly, reducing cholesterol and fat is best done by proper diet and exercise, and your metabolism decreases if you don't eat. It's why when you are trying to loose weight it is important that you do not skip meals and that you eat healthy snacks to keep your metabolism up.Fasting is good and make body smart.
it reduce the cholesterol, and fat level,
Fast increase the metabolism,
i do fast from Monday to Thursday...
Actually your brain needs some intake of sugar to function properly, reducing cholesterol and fat is best done by proper diet and exercise, and your metabolism decreases if you don't eat. It's why when you are trying to loose weight it is important that you do not skip meals and that you eat healthy snacks to keep your metabolism up.
I'm sure it depends on culture on who eats the most, but the average Medieval European diet consisted of about 20,000 calories a day. But many of them were also working themselves to the bone from sun-up to sun-down, and probably wouldn't have had the energy to keep up such a demanding lifestyle without such a massive calorie intake. And I think our own calorie intake would look much smaller if we take into account the amount of empty calories and various sweeteners that quickly build up the calorie count without offering anything useful to bodily functions beyond the first few bites or sips.About it being healthy, I am sure it is. I mean, we eat FAR more than what the humans did in the past.
I've heard of that, and other than it being a failure like any other fad diet I would estimate it to be unhealthy since you aren't getting any sort of nutrition every other day, and proper nutrition is required for proper bodily functioning. Really the only diet that will ever work is to start making small adjustments to your daily eating/drinking habits gradually until you are eating healthy portions and healthy foods and have kicked the unhealthy drinks. Any market diet will always fail because it establishes a time line in which it must be followed leaving the dieter to believe normal habits can be resumed after the dieting period has expired( and indeed often not leaving them with good or sustainable habits after the diet-period). This is also why people often complain they loose weight on a diet but then put it all back on is because they went back to old habits. And the American fantasy of loosing weight without any actual exercise has reached very absurd heights, to the point there is a market for vibrating abdomen belts that warm up and are marketed as a device that will make you loose weight and trim your stomach just by wearing it.Actually, diferent kinds of diets exist. I´ve heard of "eat-not eat" diet where somke 24 hours fasts are encouraged. I am no nutrition experto so I just cant say how or why it works.