Louis !!!
(I'm not even going to cite your post!!)
To answer your questions about how the fasting goes:On Thursday you eat drink as much as you like but you stop everything at midnight. Before going to bed offer a prayer of gratitude to Source, Self and Body for helping you in your endeavour.
Then is nothing (no food, no drink) until Saturday after midnight.
The worse day is the first. Then it gets better.
All this time you go about your day as you normally would, but is better to
remember to stop, pause, and offer gratitude to the Source at sunrise, midday when sun is in midsky which is 1pm I suppose... and sunset. Is better to end the fast with sacramental wine and bread which can be found at any Greek Orthodox church. Those are blessed by men of great faith. If not get 1/2 a glass of sweet wine and bread made only from white flour, soak the bread in wine and bless it then eat. Louis
if you can't take wine get some pure grape juice.
Now remember to treat your body with respect and reverence all throughout your fasting. After all is the dwelling of God. If... human urges come over you, send a loving thought towards your body then think of something Angelic like a field of flowers, look up images from nature or walk in it, walk in a church... anything that brings you back in reverence for Self and Body and Source.
Remember that through fasting you purify your body.
If at any point it becomes to strenuous, or painful, or feel that you suffer to much - stop! Is not a good time, you are not ready. Do not beat yourself up nor consider that you failed. I simply not time yet.
Get a drink of pure water. If you think that you want to continue with water do so.
If you end it at any point be happy and celebrate what you accomplished so far. Even the intention to fast and it means a lot.
Fasting should make you happy and joyous, every time you conquer a urge you have is a reason to celebrate your strength of character, offer thanks and gratitude to body for helping you go through it.
My parents are doing this every year. My father is 84 and in not very good health yet it seems every time he gets the miraculous power to be able to go through it.
all the love ...
http://www.ourultimatereality.com/forums/40-day-challenge-vegan-diet-november-15-december-25-t899.0.html;msg13073#msg13073 - in the title I marked
Re: about 2 day fast April 10, 11 - 2009 that is when western Easter is this year -
the Eastern one is on
16-19 of April so now that you mention I say let's go with the Eastern one the reason being that on Easter you might go, meet family etc and there's usually food involved. Also other people would do this in Eastern Europe so we are not alone in that energy.
Louis for God sake how can you stop your body necessities?? I told you, you are not punishing yourself - you are just purifying and cleansing. This means you allow yourself only pure and loving thoughts and this having been said do I have to mention that there is no sex?? and more than that no lustful thoughts or actions .. if you know what I mean ... also leave at the door all thoughts about your balding head that is not lustful for others or whatever features you think makes you not attractive .. those thoughts have no place in your fasting .. is an inner experience and inside there you are already perfect... you have to realise this!!
... you try to get away from this body you try to get closer to the Spirit. This way you leave behind all worldly worries such as you are not pretty enough you are to much of that and to little of that physical related etc..
You realise yourself as a spiritual person. And please do take a shower etc.. I can tell you I can't stand smelly people and disgusting body odours ..and if God /Divinity is in us in me .. why would then he/she have to stand such things. ??
So is only that you do not eat/drink while you meditate about your spiritual side and forget your body for a while or rather 'preoccupation with your body' ...and as I said if lack of liquids seems too much then you have to drink!! This fasting is not supposed to be a torture, when done with the right attitude of Mind you won't even be hungry or thirsty.
And of course you go about your business as you would usually - as a matter of fact is advisable you don't even tell anyone about it, much less you put up a show etc.. if you do is for your Ego.
Whatever you do for God/ Source is between youSelf and only.
love
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