Fasting

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Maceless wrote:

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CalamityAOE wrote:

You'll probably feel great until you realize what it does to your digestion track.

Basically think of all that junk that's in your tummy and pipes drying up and turning hard.

That is disconcerting... Will it work it's way out once I start eating again?

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Boem wrote:

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innervation wrote:

-OT- I feel like I take a contradictory position against you the majority of times I quote you. Just an observation. -OT-

If the one action is life-changing or life-defining it doesn't need to add up. It's a giant integer in and of itself.

Your talking about trauma's, either mentality or physically, which leave scars and remind us of their potency every time we are confronted with that scar.

A trauma is relived every time you become aware of the scar, it isn't a singular event in a life-time, otherwise it wouldn't have the effect your dedicating to it.

I get what your saying, but i refute the notion that it's a singular event in a life-time, the trigger is a singular event.

Here is the thing in relation to the OP, i'm sure the intent is genuine but it is still hypocritical to undergo a fast if your just doing it to pat yourself on the back for willpowers sake when there are people forced into it without any say in the mater.

In that sense, if you want to contribute to a change on a larger scale, long therm endured
changes in life-style are a bigger feat.
"lead by example" is one of the things thought to me.
A life-style is passed down the generations, a whimsical pat on the back or ego is not.

I find self-flagellation not inducive of harnessing willpower, i more or less recognize it as the ploys of a bored ego in need of a hug.

Then again, i'm an odd-ball so don't be bothered by my opinions to much, everybody is free to do as they please.

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Best reason for fasting:

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Although that requires fasting everything carnal, such as entertainment and anything your flesh would normally enjoy (including food, though water is okay).

I'd also like to say, while that kind of fasting and seeking God isn't easy to do, having nothing being impossible to you out weighs the self discipline and physical suffering you have to endure.

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Boem wrote:

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Best reason for fasting:

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Although that requires fasting everything carnal, such as entertainment and anything your flesh would normally enjoy (including food, though water is okay).

I'd also like to say, while that kind of fasting and seeking God isn't easy to do, having nothing being impossible to you out weighs the self discipline and physical suffering you have to endure.

Boem 11:13 Only a fool seeks guidance of others when interested in the self. Trust,faith and fortitude begin with the self, since it's an expanding action, not a collapsing one.

Growth moves outwards, not inwards.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Maceless wrote:

I figured I could make a post each day in this thread, documenting progress. Silly as it is.

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PsiBlades2002 wrote:

Are you dead?