Spiritual fasting: a secret source of power
Fasting can help you renew your body and mind and deepen your awareness of the spirit within you. On a physical level, as your body gets rid of toxins and has a chance to renew and recharge, many health problems, even seemingly incurable, will simply dissolve.
Dr. Oda Birchinger, who oversaw more than 70,000 fasts, noted that fasting can heal and help rheumatism in the joints and muscles, circulatory problems, skin conditions, allergies, respiratory problems, eye problems, to name just a few.
Dr. Tanner, who fasted for 53 days when he was 77, discovered, among other things, that his fine gray hair was replaced by new black hair, the same color it had when he was young.
On a mental level, fasting will help you get rid of worries, fears and anxieties. It will also help you get rid of all kinds of addictions.
On a spiritual level, not only will your awareness of the spirit within you deepen, but as the different energy centers open and balance, different powers will spontaneously begin to emerge from within.
There is no other way for certain powers to emerge from within you except through fasting, because fasting removes physical and mental obstacles, allowing spiritual energy to freely express itself through you.
As a side effect of fasting, you will find that your abundance will also increase.
In short, fasting is the fastest way to bring miracles into your life.
The difference between diet and spiritual fasting is that as you engage in spiritual fasting and abstain from eating, you focus your thoughts on what is eternal within you. By directing your attention to what is eternal within you, through meditation, chanting, sincere prayer, or repeating spiritual affirmations throughout the day, you will discover that you can go a long time without eating and still not feel hungry, because you will do it. you are absorbing energy directly through your breath and through the energy center at the top of your head.
When you focus your attention on what is eternal within you, you can experience a sensation of electricity rushing through your body, because you will literally connect to an ocean of unlimited living energy and power.
We live in an ocean of unlimited living energy and power, in an ocean of unlimited life force. Energy flows where attention goes, so by directing your attention to it, you open up and allow this boundless living energy and power to flow through you.
You must listen to your body when you fast and you must prepare your mind and body for fasting. If you regularly participate in some kind of spiritual practice, it will be much more pleasant and effortless for you to fast.
If you have never fasted before, you can start fasting for only 24 hours. If you want to fast for longer, you can prepare your body by eating light meals for a while. Then you can try fasting for 5-10 days with fluids – fruit or vegetable juices, even clear broth, or you can try fasting with just water and see how long you can do it while you are reasonably comfortable. Slowly, you can work up to fasts of 40 days or even longer.
By continuing to fast frequently, you will develop the habit of fasting and will also find that you can fast more and more with greater comfort and enjoyment.
When you complete your fast and eat again, do so gradually. Start with raw or steamed soups, vegetables or fruits, and light salads. Let your body adjust to digesting food again.
Not only will you fast more and more with greater comfort, but you will also be able to enjoy it more and more as you experience the spiritual high and all kinds of benefits that will spontaneously arise from fasting.
You can fast for a particular purpose, for healing, abundance, supernatural abilities, for any other specific blessing, or simply because you enjoy the depth of spiritual awareness that you experience while fasting.
A side effect of that deeper spiritual awareness is that it will open up to information that was previously unavailable to you. You will begin to hear clearly the voice of the Spirit within you.
As you remove the obstacles that cloud your awareness of the Spirit within you, your Inner Light will begin to shine brighter and brighter and you will begin to notice more and more Light radiating through your eyes.
You will begin to experience a growing sense of deep inner peace and whatever you want to manifest in your life will begin to manifest faster and faster simply because you have removed the obstacles within yourself.