Fasting to Raise Vibration, Expand Consciousness AND THRIVE!

I think it is essential to say that as this global (mostly fear) pandemic escalates, one of the most important physical protections we can undertake is a detox. To cleanse the cells and the body of toxin. Here are some tips...

1. Go into intermittant fasting to rejuvenate the body - daily 18 hour fasting, while eating plant based in a 6 hr window.
2. Plenty of fresh water, ideally spring water, or filtered and boiled if tap water. ALSO: drink every 15 minutes. That way if you do pick up any of the virus, it flushes it into the stomach which will likely digest it.
3. Minimise emf - swtich the wifi off at night especially. Put the mobile phone on flight mode when not using it.
4. At least 2000 mg of Vitamin C every day to help boost the immune system.
5. Also Chlorella for getting rid of heavy metals.

Those are a few essential suggestions.

Open

I believe what we're currently witnessing around us in spectacular form, is the rampant toxicity of the old system, and it's this that is the major cause of the pandemic. From electrosmog to the chemicals in food and water, it causes a breakdown in the bodily cells. That's why a good plant based diet, fresh water and plenty of intermittant fasting with meditation is priceless. It quietens the internal metabolisms down, giving the body time to eliminate, replenish and rebuild.

And it's fantastic for the expansion of consciousness too!

You could begin simply by missing breakfast, drinking some herbal tea, and eating in the window between midday and 6pm. You'll need to break through some cravings, but that's okay. Feel into the contractions and in good Breakthrough fashion, unwind and trasncend through. It's the forging of soul, and nothing can be more important right now.

Sending you love and rejuvenating vibes

Open

Hi all! I always love this topic and feel to share my experience with fasting. I have been experimenting with different diets and forms of fasting for quite some time now and landed at intermittent fasting a couple of years ago. I always had health issues of which the main things were a very dry and painful skin, acne, candida overgrowth and a lot of (urinary tract) infections, and I always felt a strong drive to find an internal solution for it. Starting a (mostly raw) plant based diet already helped a lot but nothing helped as much as (intermitted) fasting. I also tend to binge to dull pain, and eating less and lighter helped me as well to feel more and bring out repressed issues. Personally I love to eat fruit only, and most of my days I eat one or two fruit meals in an eating window of 3-4 hours or I eat some fruit first and some veggies (either cooked or raw) later. A lot of food doesn't agree with me anymore as well. Amazing how your body can become more sensitive this way to what is right for you to eat and what not!

We've featured this before, but felt to share it again, what looks like a great movie on the power of fasting - check out the trailer...

Yes indeed Megha - fasting brings up all the places we've supressed through the dopamine effect of food and what we consume. So it's putting your consciousness in deeper awareness connection with the layers of your body. Although it's going to feel uncomfortable, it's very healing and cleansing. I would suggest working into those places with deep consciousness bodywork - like the soulmotion we've done on the Openhand gatherings - that works a treat.

Open

Dear Open,

So I have just started fasting intermittently. I have only been able to do alternate days with an eight hour eating window. Processing has been accelerated. I have developed a lot of muscle aches and pains as well as several much more energetic symptoms down my legs and in my left shoulder. Also heart pain which seems to be my go to these days . I'm very much into my first week of stops and starts but somewhere I am feeling a strong urge to go the distance . Hunger doesn't seem to be so much of a problem - partly because I find I fast 12-13 hours anyway . It's the uncovering of the pain body ,that is challenging . 

I would love to hear from other people starting on this path as.well as reflections ,

Megha 

I felt to revist this incredibly rich Openhand forum thread on the value of fasting to raise vibration and thrive. I felt to summarise some of the key points raised here below to encourage your inquiry and exploration into the profound benefits. I've been one-meal-a-day fasting for over a year now, which has become a way of life. It's great value is that it gives the body time to recover and rebuild, it reduces internal busyness so the spirit can expand into other aspects of the higher self and it makes you feel more vibrant and alive. You will have to overcome emoitional and mental cravings, but it's not as hard as you might imagine if you take your time and work deep into the feelings with awareness and meditation. If you want to know more about my experiences of one-meal-a-day fasting, do ask.

Here's an overview on Intermittent fasting modalities:

Eating one meal a day and fast the rest of the day.
Eating for 6 or 8 hours and fasting the rest of the time. For example, starting to eat at 11am in the morning and having a last meal at 5pm or starting at 10.00am and having the last meal at 6pm. The eating and fasting windows can be moved according to ones needs and routine.

Some inspiring feedback:

"Personally, I have tried all of the above protocols and currently, I do intermittent fasting most of the time. If there is a day when my eating window becomes longer for whatever reason, then I will come back to the protocol again the next day. I find this way of long term fasting suitable for my needs and for feeling healthy, vibrant and full of energy. It’s also a way to meet cravings as and when they arise and to process corresponding challenging emotions".... Aspasia

"The benefits of fasting and intermittent fasting are becoming more common, among health conscious populations especially. It was truly exciting to find out that intermittent fasting allows a deep cleanse, integration and rejuventation on so many levels. I find intermittent fasting to be the best of both worlds - eating and cleansing at once...living and unwinding old patterns are integrated. It can take some shifting from long held ideas around the need for food to provide energy. For example, there can be the idea that you will need calories before you go exercise or get going for the day. I have found that I feel much more energetic at the gym or through the morning when I don't take in any food. Typically I love to come home and have a juice or a smoothie after I go walk or go to the gym. Open also mentioned the idea of grazing...another commonly held idea of eating little meals throughout the day - which essentially never let's the body get a break to clean house".... Jen

"I started this diet life style mainly to get rid of eczema.  I had eczema on one palm for 10 years on and off and on my arms . I started with a 3 day juice detox ( including using lemon water enemas). The food is 80 % plant unprocessed in any way 20 % quinoa, nuts, millet , seaweed and chickpeas.  And 80% is raw and 20 % cooked. Intermittent dry fasting 12 to 16 hours daily.  And once a week 24 hour dry fast . Drinking hardly any water as you get it from the large quantities of fruit and this can hydrate you more than water.

Within a month the eczema had disappeared and I was glowing and friends were commenting on how well I looked . I felt more grounded and expansive . I also felt calmer"... Lisa

After a bit of  research, I realized the benefit of Intermediate Fasting as well,  so I have combined both into my current lifestyle.  Most days, I will wake and drink clear water and also a squeezed lemon and water with a porridge breakfast, usually between 10 and 11 am.  On a monthly basis, I will water fast for three days drinking lots of clean water and green teas. I have found that I am now used to the feeling of hunger and can cope better with it.  I think an important part of this process to me at any rate, is to firmly believe that it will benefit me.  I know for example that I am regenerating my white blood cells and Immune System.... Colin

I started this diet life style mainly to get rid of eczema.  I had eczema on one palm for 10 years on and off and on my arms . I started with a 3 day juice detox ( including using lemon water enemas). The food is 80 % plant unprocessed in any way 20 % quinoa, nuts, millet , seaweed and chickpeas.  And 80% is raw and 20 % cooked. Intermittent dry fasting 12 to 16 hours daily.  And once a week 24 hour dry fast . Drinking hardly any water as you get it from the large quantities of fruit and this can hydrate you more than water. Within a month the eczema had disappeared and I was glowing and friends were commenting on how well I looked . I felt more grounded and expansive . I also felt calmer. It's quite easy to dry fast for 24 hours , especially if you start around 2.30pm... Lisa

Many sources of energy!

Reframing the 'hunger' experience

In society most people don't stop to question the 'hunger' feeling. And if there's tiredness there's often the view that you need to eat more, or eat more of a certain type of food - carbohydrate for example. But often what people eat actually is of no value to the body and makes it have to work harder - it is often very depleting of energy. What a lot of eating often really achieves, is simply to overcome the feeling of emptiness or the need for some kind of emotional/mental 'completion'.

If you get inside the feelings however and don't automatically react to them, then you can explode the myth that they often are. The feeling of emptiness can for example feel like aliveness and energy potential - you're ready to act, to live, to be. The sense of completion can come by putting ones attention out into nature - feeling the interconnectedness with it. Bursting the emotional cravings by directly confronting them comes with a tremendous sense of empowerment and completeness.

What it also means is that when it comes time to eat, you can feel good about it and enjoy it much more. It becomes more of a sacred blessing.

I wish you well in your inquiry with intermittant fasting.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions or wish to share.

Much love

Open

So it's just over a year since I switched to one meal a day continuous fasting. The effects have been nothing short of amazing. The cravings have long since subsided, the need for emotional comfort greatly dwindled through progressive breakthrough, and consciousness maintains a much higher vibration - signs and synchronicity stream as the main language and prophetic dreaming can become the new norm. What else can I say?

What are your experiences of fasting? Are you into it? What are you finding are the benefits?

I'd love to hear (and do check out the informative thread above)

In loving support

Open

LOL Jen! 

Actually the Pavlov's Dogs syndrome did cross my mind!
But they've run off to play somewhere else now!

Open 

This is really fascinating! Thank you for sharing. I find it really interesting the way you descibe the craving as a mouth feel. This feels really primal. Though I wonder how much is conditioning like pavlov's dog (not that I am comparing you to a dog lol!) Very cool sharing! <3

So, about having been intermittent fasting for some considerable time, about 10 days ago, I took it a step further - 23 hour daily fasting with the "One Meal A Day" (OMAD) approach. No, it's far from Mad! What I've experienced is a dramatic rise in physical energy, an increased expansion of consciousness which sustains in the higher dimensions, and is less prone to contraction when travelling through density - in the denser vibes of the matrix. I was very pleasantly surprised by the effect.

The amazing benefit of this approach, is that the body has 23 hours a day, where digestion doesn't interfere with the internal regeneration processes and the metabolism slows down. It means that consciousness of the soul can expand more readily into higher dimensional experience - the increased flow of synchronicity is quite astounding.

Anyone new to this may wonder if the body gains enough sustenance, and how do you manage hunger pangs?

Firstly, I've found that energy levels are at their highest in the immediate hours before eating. But after eating, the vibration lowers again, and there's quite a heaviness in feeling which can last a couple of hours before rising again. The rest of the time, physical energies are high, and I'm finding I can do strong physical exercise too - power walking in nature, and bodywork including circuits of press-ups and sit-ups - I actually feel physically stronger.

The hunger pangs were a challenge, yes. But, it's an incredible opportunity to explore deeper into how the soul flows through the bodymind consciousness. As the feelings came up, I took it as an opportunity to explore deeply into them. I realised the body was not hungry at all. But mostly these were cravings of some kind of sensory satisfaction - often felt in the mouth. So I worked to unwind any reaction to these and progressively the feelings transformed into a kind of empty lightness - which feels wonderful.

I've found the best time to eat, is between 1-2pm, in which I do eat plenty, but also slowly. The meal feels very special, and because I know I'll not be eating again for 23 hours I take my time, enjoy every morsel, and treat the meal as being very sacred. And although in the hours immediately leading up to meal time I do experience expectation and a desire for the food, I'm finding each 23hr period a journey in itself - a deep inquiry, which I thoroughly enjoy. So I certainly don't wish away the hours in between.

It's an amazing experience all round - I don't see myself returning to 'normal' eating again. This feels the new 'normal'! 

Open 

Hi Vimal,

I'd definitely say healing the stomach lining first is essential. And that could take a while.

Cabbage/aloevera/ wheatgrass juice sounds like a great idea - wheatgrass always felt awesome to me. I get the sense hemp protein/powder/seeds might help too.

Open

Hi Open,

Your reflectionsleft me pondering. Its goood to be reminded of the importance of patience,keeping it light and having a laugh. I tend to focus too much i forget it. When you said,it takes years for realignment,at first it disappointed me. But that's ok, I trust that things will 'spike' in my field when I'm supposed to see it. 

I noticed the extra 'o' in good. I'm not editing it! lol

I want to say another benefit i noticed about intermittent fasting i that i need less sleep. For the last 2 days i wake up at around 3 am and manage to lie awake till morning. Time goes relatively quickly and i find that I'm more rejuvenated in early morning and there is plenty of time to do yoga etc. It has also become easy after the first 2 weeks. Im planning to combine it with a weekly 24hr water fast. 

There's definitely some relation to apple cider vinegar. For 2 days i took about 1 teaspoon diluted in water/cucumber juice i had a slight burning sensation in stomach,gas and irritation around the pelvic area/base chakra. Maybe if there's inflammation/irritation in stomach lining its not smart to put acid on top of it? The suggestion i found from DR Berg's video is to first heal the stomach lining by adding chlorophyll and then gradually put more acid. So im thinking cabbage/aloevera/ wheatgrass juice. Fresh fruits,veggies and fermented foods are also suggested. 

 Kale and avocados are not easily available but only in certain supermarket with heavy prices. Im sure theres plenty of other alternatives. I will look for alkalising foods. 

My father was diagnosed with ulcer a year before ,so maybe that's also a reflection? Bt usually gastritis is symptomised by irritation in the upper abdomen. But i have mostly below belly button and third chakra. So its a bit confusing. Its manageable so i  don't feel its necessary to have a medical checkup though.

Vimal

Hi Vimal,

I went through something very simliar to what you're describing - which took be a few years of concentrated attention to resolve. For me too, there were various inner conflicts between substances which should have worked fine, but to a while to settle and integrate.

I'm suprised by the reaction to apple cider vinegar though - it is often offered as a great solution to helping rebalance an alkaline gut environment. Have you tried diluting it in water and lemon juice?

Plus rebuilding the stomach lining with plant biotics (like cabbage and sauer kraut) will be essential. I would imagine the galic also helps illiminate parasites in the mix - which is very helpful.

All of this might seem like a phaff, but it will greatly increase your internal sensitivity and dialogue - which can only be a good thing.

Do you get avocados where you are? And kale? I find them both great in balancing the system toward a more alkaline state.

Best wishes

Open

Hey Open,

Yes i have given up gluten much before. Because i have observed it aggravated the symptoms. Couple more research has shown me that i may be having mild gastritis. I connect with most of the symptoms. Specially it striked me when apple cider vinegar increased the irritation. I used to consume alcohol often when i was in college. So it maybe one of the reasons. These days if i eat spicy food or eat more than what my stomach is intended to take i get irritation and pain in my lower stomach below belly button. This is one of the key symptom. Primarily gastritis is said to be caused by a bacteria called H pylori which makes the stomach more alkaline by releasing ammonia  for it to thrive. Or it may be just inflammation in the stomach walls. I'm not sure which is it but fortunately it is not severe. Today i woke up very early and spend most of time doing yoga and journaling , and doing openhand bow and i was feeling very expanded until around 10 when i had some cabbage and pineapple juice and some raw ripe papayas. Cabbage juice is said to be an excellent remedy for gastritis but i think i over did it or took it even when the body was asking to stop and this aggravated the symptom. I think my energy levels came down significantly and i spend the time trying to pacify the symptom by taking some garlic. This i think is very important lesson with all this irritation is to feel what is right for me rather than opting a quick remedy by using the intellect. Still some of the best remedies are said to be aloevera juice ,wheat grass juice (both of which i'm only growing in my terrace) and cabbage juice. Also fermented foods are said to reestablish the balance in the gut and journaling the symptoms. I don't think i have lactose intolerance ,so im taking curd(yogurt) and also exploring kefir. But overall its very interesting because something like needs to be there to give us that extra push to change our old ways and eating habits. So i welcome it. 

Thankyou 

Vimal :)

Hi Vimal,

It's great that you describe your symptoms of shifting into intermittent fasting - it's highly likely that the body will need time to transition. Especially if one eats progressively less processed food and more into plant based. Including the necessary transition if earlier in life there's been consumption of animal protein. Yes the gut bacteria is a key one, which we must persevere to rebuild into a more natural alkaline state. One thing it strikes me to ask is have you given up gluten? Because gluten could also be the cause of some of the effects you describe - the bloating and wind. Whenever we go into any kind of fasting, the body is likely to emit toxin until it finds a balanced state and gets used to the new eating paradigm. So yes, be prepared to have to come through discomfort and explore remedial healing approaches.

Wishing you well - 18 hour daily fasting has become awesome for me - a new lease of energy.

Open 

Thanks Open for raising the topic again. 

I have been exploring intermittent fasting for some weeks now and it feels much more aligned than spreading the eating window through out the day. One thing i noticed which got amplified was my poor digestion with gas,bloating,irritable bowel syndrome,irregular bowel movements and also inability to absorb nutrients ,fat from the food i consume. I have been doing some research and to me it boiled down to two important points.

1) Poor HCl acid production in the stomach and consequently less bile secretion from the gall bladder and enzyme secretion from the pancreas to neutralize the acid in the intestine. This results in poor breakdown of food and hence results in food sitting in the stomach for longer periods of time and fermenting resulting in gas production.Suggestion i found in DR Berg's videos was to put more acid in the form of diluted apple cider vinegar before meals. However this seems to worsen some conditions due to inflammation of stomach walls. Also apple cider vinegar turns the body more acidic which is ideally in an alkaline condition. 

2) Poor gut flora or lack of good bacteria in the intestine which actually does most of the digestion for us. This may have been due to unhealthy lifestyles with fast foods and ingestion of antibiotics. To re-establish the gut flora i have made a batch sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) and also another one with pineapple sugar and lemon which is supposed to supply the enzymes. These are both in the fermenting stage ,so i haven't actually tested it. I have also ordered a probiotic supplement which arrived today. I feel determined to get to the bottom it ! Yay!

In India we usually consume cooked foods,so i have had very poor luck with raw foods which seems to pass right through me! Since the eating window is very close i find it impossible to consume 3 big meals and find its better to consume steamed vegetables with nuts and pulses ,smoothies and green juices at least once a day. With meals i have the feeling of the food sitting in the stomach and this is more noticeable during intermittent fasting where one feels more expanded which otherwise usually gets drowned in the density. Other thing i found really essential is to really slow down and chew the foods many times before ingestion which releases enzymes within the mouth helping digestion. 

I love to hear your thoughts.. 

Hiya all,

As the karmic construct begins to unravel itself, I can feel my soul yearning to make the journey home - ascension back to the higher dimensions. So I can feel small changes beginning to happen of their own accord. A small one that has made a huge internal shift, has been simply changing from 16 hrs a day intermittent fasting to 18 hrs per day - essentially eating just two meals per day between the hours of midday and 6pm, with the first meal being of raw fruit and nuts.

Yesterday's midday meal was: a banana, a pear, an avocado, a couple of dates, a few walnuts and an apple with some tahini - to allow the sugars to release more slowly. Afterwards I simply tossed the skins back to Mother nature - it felt totally divine!

Just this small change has seemed to make quite a reasonable shift - the sense of interconnectedness has increased, despite the physical density and the higher dimensional connection is even stronger.

If you progressively switch to intermittent fasting as supportive means for your evolution, you probably will have to confront and overcome food cravings - try using the breakthrough approach to work into any internal tightness...

1. Confront the truth of the situation you're in
2. Honour and express the tightness
3. Breakthrough into presence by completely surrendering into the feelings
4. Unwind and unleash the authentic aspect of soul wanting to come through. 

Happy intermittent fasting, happy evolutions!

Open 

Hey Aspasia,

I didn't feel to reply since i had cold for some days now. Thank you for your question - very catalytic. I believe it has to do with conforming to an idea of someone spiritual,successful etc and following that instead of following my soul or what's right for me. Deriving self validation, self respect from the external circumstances. I haven't really explored the flexibility that i talked about ,it just came out while i was writing that comment. So maybe i will see it more. If i see what is happening to the planet right now and put that into my situation then theres no reason for me to long for perfection as i see it is all transient. I observe it fluctuates between this identity in the head, true commitment and surrender and after a while it comes to equilibrium which is what is right for me. It may contradict with what i believe is right. Often others or some situations can push my buttons when i'm being inauthentic and this can serve as a pointer. Today im sitting here slightly feverish frustrated by all the loud noise,unfairness,clutter,dirt and all this feels real. My family seems very ok with all of these things. I wish if i could accept it like them. But i know it is in these moments like this that i can truly let go. 

Vimal <3

Hey Aspasia,

I do get attached to positive experiences and attribute this to how far im at the path etc. But i honestly think Spiritual junkie cannot be coined to describe my situation. This intense searching for the high experiences, i did a lot during my pre-awakening days. And the experiences you describe i believe can only be unlocked further down the path possibly gateway 3 if im right.I know im moving towards gateway 2. I think mine has to do with control and looking for security in an insecure world. Some days ago a friend of mine called me to say he had secured a central govt job. Even though i know its not a road i would ever take it made me feel bad, possibly because of my own insecurity and what others think of my situation. But when i compare to the recent past, i don't go into self doubt either regarding the same situation and dont feel the need to defend myself.

I really like this one by Open

"True empowerment is not about intentionally manifesting confidence and building supreme belief that things will go your way. In fact it's the very opposite. It's the absolute acceptance of NOT KNOWING how things will work out which finally unlocks the door of doubt and disbelief."

In one of your post, you wrote 'questioning the value of oneself'. I really liked this expression relative to self judgment. I'm actually seeing a lot of this questioning in very simple things. Its very subtle which i wasn't aware previously. Maybe i'm teaching the class and i see it as my inability to explain a very simple thing properly or maybe i'm cooking i cant get it right or i see the imperfections around and there it is. Its amazing when i see it i can let go of it. Some of the things i discuss with you or others here, i see it only after many days so i don't get the opportunity to give thanks.
 

Its a recurring theme. Usually when i have had days of expansion and breakthrough , i think it in terms of reaching somewhere,i express it here ,it comes crashing down so that i can see the spiritual identity poking its head. There's a famous character called 'naranathu bhranthan' ( a mad fellow)in my language from a poem and all he does all day is rolling a big rock up a mountain and drops it from there. He laughs uncontrollably then. This helps to see the light and brighter side. Haha.. 

Hi Aspasia - I really connect with the metamorphosis you speak about. Indeed it is for me ,as i see the truth inside the distortions and peel away it, it feels like i'm not ditching the old habits but evolving it into newer more aligned forms. In the past ,like i said ,i had tried to move into a 'better' version of myself but this better version is just an identity in the head. In my experience it wont work unless i first honour and accept the current version with its imperfections,needs and desires. Today while meditating ,this is exactly what came into my mind. What im now with my imperfections and inabilities is the exact reflections others need to see. And i can also accept others flaws just like mine because they offer the synchronistic reflection i need to see. This way even the imperfections works perfectly.

I was actually surprised when you said 'directness' because i was observing and contemplating dishonesty lately and how it breeds complexities and this is also what i see within the family and also in a book that i read. There's a part of me that wants to reach out and solve it. This is simply because caring about how others see us and not wanting to hurt others or myself. Finding a way of how best to express my ray 1 in situations without causing disharmony. I'm also inspired by you and others directness here and i see less effort. Unlike my case where i mostly struggle to express directly. Maybe this is diplomacy coming into the front but with distortions. 

I'm also observing small breakthrough leading to changes in the outside as well. I had been becoming more lineant with how i spend money. Spending in my creative endevours and all. The universe came back in this case with offer from another institution asking me to teach there. Surprising! This feedback builds more trust and hence more flexibility. I was contemplating about resources in regards to my diet and there was a mango lying in my porch from the neighbours mango tree with which i made smoothie today. It seems trivial but i knew at the moment that it was for me. This knowing is what matters i think. I also feel a bit more settled into immedieate enviornment and experience and not 'hurrying' into other experiences. This is a relief. 

I really like and resonate with what you shared here 

 

Is there judgement about the value of 'myself' because there is comfort eating? This needs to be diffused so that comfort eating does not become a destructive activity unnecessarily :)

How does comfort eating really serve in the moment? What's good about it? Liking the taste? - perfect :)

 

This can also be applied to any distortions and addictions. In my experience its the diffusing of self judgment that comes first.  This helps to see the truth buried inside the distortions. Today i was experiencing an addictive behavior and there was softening into acceptance of it while it was happening. And i didnt condemn it anymore but valued it just because it provides an opportunity to break through self judgement and resistance. And i have to pass through it again because i know i haven't fully found and expressed the aligned behaviour or alternate way as you say. But i can remember the process and apply it. 

Thank you and I love our connection too 

Vimal

Hi Aspasia,

I really love your reflections. Thanks for the question.I have more than one answer.. Maybe i didn't want to sound like I'm presuming things. I have made some similar changes in the past and came back but admittedly it felt like a job back then. My bowel seems a bit sensitive now and i have had some minor digestive troubles with my typical lunch or with excess pepper. But nothing a doze of ginger extract cant fix. And i also need comfort foods to placate the emotional void to some extent especially when I'm feeling a bit low. So with going back to the normal eating habits i mean i probably need to integrate the emerging beingness to the old habits. So it wont be one way or the other. I'am also working to integrate healthy comfort foods to the equation while listening to my body.

Love 

Vimal 

Hi Aspasia,

You wrote 

Yes, I understand the feeling that one has failed if one does not 'conform'/'is disciplined' with the plan/intention etc. Maybe the invitation here is to explore just that, the feeling of failure. 

Yes indeed. That's what have been exploring. And its a relief to realize progressively that there's nothing to win at.  And when I'm more expanded i can accept the imperfections even. 

I have been listening to my body with intermittent fasting which has led me to eat only 2 meals for 3 days now,which feels more aligned. A very nutrient and calorie rich breakfast at about 10 am and my typical lunch before evening. Together with the openhand meditation i feel really great. Interestingly i have not felt much hunger . I also dropped diary and sugar these days. But the shift feels very sudden so i will probably have to go back to the normal eating habits. Im also dropping intentions that i'm conscious of around it ,so it doesn't feel like a task anymore. I'm also having fun with making and experimenting with breakfast and smoothies.I have a question. In the last post you said some people also have a snack before bedtime. But wouldn't that interfere with 16 hr fasting period? 

Thankyou 

Vimal

Hi Aspasia

Yes I feel the flexibility in your post. Thanks for resonating. I have some issue with longing for perfection in everything ,so its bit difficult in finding that. Its what i said by fixed intention and conforming to that and thinking failed if that's not fully met. I was feeling hungry while reading your post, well after my evening meal. So i thought fU** it and had some bananas LOL! It's not a diet or a protocol but a way of life. Today morning i had a rich meal with steamed vegetables ,chickpeas ,an egg and a smoothie. Its was well satisfying than a normal breakfast. I had a very small meal at lunch time and didn't feel hungry at all. So what i'm looking for is healthy satisfaction! That should probably include high caloric foods. Since for these i spend from my pocket and also share with others i doubt if it can be way of life for me but only for a short time. I have to see where it goes.  Lunch time i normally eat what my family eats which is rich in rice and veg curries. But i don't eat a full stomach which feels really heavy afterwards. My brother and his wife is a bit overweight, i'm below average and i'm the one who is dieting. Its funny. But they find it inspiring and starting their own diet plans. Its interesting how you can inspire someone without even saying a word. Like my brother used to judge me for dropping out of college and not finding a full time job and now after more than 2 years of grudges , he has done the same and looking to start his own business. But i digress. Anyway regarding the fasting i think its important to find what works for me rather than copying others. Like any other thing fasting is an area where im able to see my attachment with outcome and perfection. So like you say, its also an opportunity to work with myself rather than a means to get anywhere. 

Its comforting that you resonate the two states that i mentioned. Yes i find the challenge is to bring acceptance into the denser experience. Its particularly challenging when i have a degree of attachment to the outcome specially regarding the spiritual path as to where i'm at , comparing with others etc. I find it much easier to find my uniqueness in the later state. Today at evening i went to my usual meditation spot in the hill after getting a bit tired with the 'imperfection' and noises at my home. And to my surprise there was loud church music playing there. I had to laugh opposed to my usual frustration because it was clear how i was manifesting it. After a while i think i was able to expand around it and consider it as just an experience , a sensation like hunger for example. 

Suddenly I burst into tears and something unlocked. It felt lighter and softer and something released. In that moment, I saw 4 deer passing by only a few yards away from me and a HUGE fox. Breathtaking sight which was accompanied by feelings of expansion, fluidity, happiness and lovingness.

Wow. Such an awesome experience . What it must be to meditate in woods and see and experience that. I don't think i have experienced such sudden breakthrough and lightness .For me it has always been very gentle and gradual ones. But it may depend on the degree of inner surrender which might take a while. 

Vimal <3

Hi Aspasia,

Most things you said really resonates and helps. I think this is how my path has been going for a while now. A period of being in the density ,seeing my addictions ,fighting ,struggling sometimes and then there is a period of breaking through feeling both expanded and also seeing my distortions more clearly. I think I'm in one of the later and the fasting has definitely catalysed the transition through to it. This is the first time I'm actually learning and trying intermittent fasting (thanks to you) - i admit it's not as easy i thought it would be especially considering that I'm eating 3 meals per day although lighter. I'm experimenting with different types of food - this is a challenge because now I'm consuming entirely different from my family members which means more self responsibility but also independence. Previously i didn't have to worry about anything. Another one is of a fixed idea and intention that this is the way to go about it finding diplomacy through it. There is also self doubt that if im overdoing it or if its meant for me at this time of my journey. I feel more sensitive and find a bit hard to cope within family environment especially loud noises ,judgmental TV and so on. With hunger i don't feel to do heavy work even though my energy levels are unaffected. Probably its just mind stuff. But i find the lightness worth it even through the hunger. Maybe i will learn to cope with it in time. High caloric food sounds right. Thats what im doing trying different combination. Brush teeth strategy sounds funnily fantastic. Definitely gonna try that! 

Vimal <3

I have been doing intermittent fasting for the last 3 days and i can already see some effects. My evening meditation are filled with more expansiveness and connectedness. I feel really hungry in the mornings and i cant wait for the 10 am eating window to open. I don't feel like doing heavy work in the garden because of the feeling. Sometimes it can also pull me down.  But still there is less craving for fast foods and i don't feel like taking heavy food since there is less gap between eating times. I have also cut on fish which i eat occasionally. So basically i take a decent veg meal at lunch at time and a light breakfast and evening meal filled more fruits , roots. Another concern is losing weight which i am not looking for. Last time i did some fasting and also some travelling and trekking i lost a couple of weights in undesirable proportions. Luckily i have a weighing machine at home, so i'll be monitoring my weight.  But overall its nice to have the benefits of fasting even while consuming food.

Yesterday i took off to the beach and the weather was amazing there. I had a couple of intentions in my mind but i lost my way and went to this other beach. But interestingly i was really ok with whatever wanted to happen and settled in to this view overlooking this beach. But at evening i did a mistake and ate noodles which felt really heavy and closed down my expansion. Today morning i was able to bring the experience of settling down and opening space for what wanted happen. I usually look for what i want to do creatively when I'm at home. This actually opened up this familiar karmic experience but in a much more intensity. Within the experience there was full control of my intellect.