Re: Fasting and fear associated with

Ah Chrisb1, why did you have to go and mention your wonderful bread?

I make my own too. I use organic 100% wholemeal flour and pack it with raisons and seeds and maybe some banana or pineapple. I use olive oil and some honey rather than butter. It’s comes out incredibly heavy and lovely and moist, definitely more like a cake than bread. I love it. I use as little yeast as possible.

But now of course I am concerned about acidity and the quality of the flour and gluten, whatever that is.

After reading about NPN funny proteins, I don’t know what on earth I’m going to eat when I finish this fast.

My problem is that ten years ago I was undergoing severe problems. These were mainly problems within my own inner being, which I won’t go into.

I left my wife and gave up my career and found it really difficult being out on my own. I could barely cope; every little thing was a struggle. Fortunately I had earned loads of money as a computer programmer in the city so I was able to purchase my own flat. But I had no idea how to cook or look after myself and was in a poor state of mental health. My sports activities really helped me here.

At the same time I came onto a quite punishing spiritual path. Although I experienced real love for the first time the idea of this particular group was to knock the ego out of you, and that’s painful. The feelings of emptiness and loneliness were intense and went on until quite recently. They also practiced purity and giving up lust was just one of the many difficult things I had to deal with. Lust can really ruin you and leave you ending up a very sad person.

Also I was getting up at 3:30 every morning to meditate, which I loved. Needless to say my diet took a very low priority and I have probably been protein deficient. I used to eat chicken, fish and eggs and this was halted overnight. My own decision and I’m happy with it though I may have to reconsider and force a few eggs down.

Fortunately I’ve never eaten food that is obviously unhealthy, and I’ve always known instinctively the order in which foods should be eaten and how to combine them. And simple is always best. No fried food, crisps, biscuits, cake, Sugar etc.

Anyway Chris, if you have time to answer a question, I was wondering if, due to my probable mineral shortage, I should stop the fast now and build up my mineral reserves for a while before doing a long fast? And how long is a long fast?

Also, cooped up in my flat in London with the poor air quality is not ideal, I have the option to stay with my parents down in beautiful Devon at the seaside with all that lovely fresh air and countryside and moorland. But I have plenty of commitments here at the moment and no computer available down there.

Just to remind you, I’ve been on just water, and very little of that for 93 hours at the time of posting. The 2 days prior was on melon juice and a handful of cherries and spirulina tablets. The previous 2 weeks were on a restricted diet of cherries in the morning, then maybe nuts and dried fruit or strawberries and cream bizarrely, and tofu in a watery source in the evening, and two half cups of weak green tea. I was also doing some low intensity cycling on my indoor trainer.

Hope I’m not troubling you with all my personal stuff. Please let me know if I am, I won’t take offense. And I would never expect anyone to answer my queries, but greatly appreciate all the people that have.

And of course I will make all my own decisions based on how I feel, but I place a lot of value on what you and others on this forum have to say.

Wishing you much peace, happiness and prosperity.

Sweet feelings from Michael.


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