I started a fast friday night and the first 24 hours are always the hardest part. So by saturday night I was exhausted and completely drained and I wasnt gonna meditate that night. Then I decided that I cant skip it so when I was meditating I realized how much the fast improved it. It was easier for me to concentrate on my breathing because my mind really didnt have much energy to wander and then when I started losing concentration I was able to refocus right away.
Good for you! Yea, when you fast, your life energy isnt concentrated on metaboizing natural nutirents and distributing them throughout your body, allowing you to focus your life energy on the chakras and the cerobrospinal center, the radio-like unit in the medulla oblongata. Tuning into God is much easierr when you are feeding off God's energy rather than nature's and the Sun energy
Gabriel Cousins M.D. says that people can meditate much easier during a fast. But everyone is different. I have done a lot of both. I fast when my body is over loaded with toxins. Sometimes I will have better meditations but most of the time, my body is throwing off so much that I cannot meditate and I feel really sick and in pain. I was a distributor for an herbal company with a tea that detoxified people. A lady said that people who had the most problems initially, needed it the most. So my body is dealing with very serious physical things during a fast. But there is a spiritual side to fasting and a rabbi said that one reason for it is petition. So by making that sacrifice, it brings you good luck. It is definitely good for the mind. This website on fasting and the Lemonade Diet tells about it being used to heal serious mental problems and how it helps spiritually. But it explains the powerful physical process that is happening in the body with quotes from 18 MDs.
I do an absolute fast once a week, which is no water no food for 24 hours. Its really good for meditation.
Fasting is useless. Look in to Buddha's thoughts on this and you'll understand. It does a lot more harm then good. Remember, non-violence includes towards the self.
If you fast properly, it is not harmful to the body. And actually, if you restrain from food and drink orange juice, you cleanse your body from toxins and give it a rest from working your metabolism which, typically (for people in America) is working overtime, all the time.
ive tried meditating on the first day of water fasting however they didnt go too well together, because i couldnt concentrate that well.. kept thinking about food lol
Well it does take getting used to and training because in the modern world this is not normal or acceptable nutrional diet behavior. And typically on the first day of the fast, our stomach feels some pain because it is not adapted to the new system yet. But over time the pain goes away completley, and your body will thank you for the rest and healthy cleansing.
That's assuming you subscribe to Buddha's thoughts on the world and life in general. Personally I find myself agreeing more with Lao-Tze.
Yea I find fasting to be very productive and helpful in meditation most of the time. Sometimes fasting will make me miserable but generally it helps me see things more clearly. And its not very harmful to your body.
