I wanted to talk a little about fasting. Theres a certain amount of life-force in each body. Of course, the more you meditate, and the more you can draw the energy into your body, you have more life-force in it. But usually there is a limited life-force in every person. That limited life-force has to be used for different functions of the body. For instance, when you digest the food there is some amount of energy that has to be asserted or used to digest that food. If you think, you have to use energy. If you walk, if you talk, if you sit, all of them use energy. So if you use this energy for digesting food and other activities, the body never has a chance to heal itself, to really heal those stored problems that it has to take care of. Energy and Spirit are really very close. But when you fast, what you are doing is giving the Spirit a chance to go through the body and take care of those problems that it has put aside and stored somewhere for later on. Also because there is more Spirit in you, you become more sensitive. You become more sensitive to your emotions and understanding your subconscious mind. You can even meditate deeper if youre fasting because you take care of all the toxins in the body, so the Spirit is much stronger in you. And because you become more sensitive, you can see your karma much better. You can learn your lessons much better because you are more sensitive, and you can see yourself better so you can heal yourself. Why are you sick? Everything in this universe has a spiritual base and sickness has a spiritual base too. Some people say, Its because of your karma that you have this disease, but when you fast you become more sensitive to realize that in yourself. Fasting is not something physical. Fasting is a very spiritual thing. You dont get healed because you are physically healed but spiritually you become healed. That is the most important thing in fasting. If you only do fasting as a diet, as I said, you fast for a month or so, you lose some weight, and two months later you are at it again. You start eating again, and you gain everything you lost. But if spiritually you heal yourself, then you dont crave food, or you dont become an impulsive eater. Then the reason you are an impulsive eater is because there is something subconscious in you that makes you become an impulsive eater. But in fasting and meditation, when you realize what is in your subconscious mind that makes you do that, then what happens? You overcome it. So I just wanted to emphasize the spiritual importance of fasting on the spiritual progress rather than only using it as something physical. Maitreya
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:27:50 +0000
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