Guest guest Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 First rule of fasting is to be medically able to do one. No low blood sugar events, no hypoglycemic reactions. If this is your first faste then supplement your fluid intake with lemonade that is made from fresh real lemons and molasses if you can get it or another natural unprocessed sugar. Honey may be used. If you have trouble with the lemonade then hot vegetable broth can replace that. Please be as prayerful and as spiritually motivated as you possibly can be as much of the time as you can be. Recite prayers every hour or chant or listen to spiritual music. Recite the Shakti prayer as much as you can. Meditate and allow the sharpening of the faste to extend into your mind. For first time fastes a level of detoxification will become the most significant response. Some clarity of mind that hasnt been available can be noticed. If you become overwhelmed with the desire for food or become dizzy or develop a really bad temper - break the faste. Eat someting and be OK as it is a first time thing and perhaps can be entered into as a 24 hour faste at first. Sometimes a faste is not indicated for the above reasons and reasons of general health so be sure and be healthy before embarking on one. For the Shaktipat the faste is a time of purification and the releasing of the previous expressions of desires and sharpening of intention and surrender. Being spiritually focused as much of the time as possible and from there being focused on receiving the Shaktipat is the most important aspect of the mind and body and emotions during the faste. Begin to increase these qualities now so that when you reach the time of the faste one isnt scrambling to find a pattern of spiritual response that is comfortable. Now is the time to develop this. Stay well hydrated but do not supplement water for food. Be gentle and keep track of your body and its sensations and if a problem develops break the faste as that problem can become a distraction. Sharpening focus is the goal. Focus on God and Goddess. Focus on Kundalini. Focus on the tenets of the safeties and the reception of the gift. Allowing for surrender to become a constant companion. Once again be careful and be attentive to what is occurring. - blessings all. - chrism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 thanks would you recommend fasting before the beginning of shaktipat? or during shaktipat? it might not matter too much I guess... I can see the benefit of fasting before shaktipat (clearing out the body) but i'm wondering if the intake of food DURING shaktipat will have any effect, maybe both? fast before shaktipat and during it as well, but not overdoing it and listening to body? , " chrism " <> wrote: > > First rule of fasting is to be medically able to do one. No low blood > sugar events, no hypoglycemic reactions. > > If this is your first faste then supplement your fluid intake with > lemonade that is made from fresh real lemons and molasses if you can > get it or another natural unprocessed sugar. Honey may be used. > > If you have trouble with the lemonade then hot vegetable broth can > replace that. > > Please be as prayerful and as spiritually motivated as you possibly > can be as much of the time as you can be. Recite prayers every hour or > chant or listen to spiritual music. Recite the Shakti prayer as much > as you can. > > Meditate and allow the sharpening of the faste to extend into your > mind. For first time fastes a level of detoxification will become the > most significant response. Some clarity of mind that hasnt been > available can be noticed. > > If you become overwhelmed with the desire for food or become dizzy or > develop a really bad temper - break the faste. Eat someting and be OK > as it is a first time thing and perhaps can be entered into as a 24 > hour faste at first. > > Sometimes a faste is not indicated for the above reasons and reasons > of general health so be sure and be healthy before embarking on one. > > For the Shaktipat the faste is a time of purification and the > releasing of the previous expressions of desires and sharpening of > intention and surrender. > > Being spiritually focused as much of the time as possible and from > there being focused on receiving the Shaktipat is the most important > aspect of the mind and body and emotions during the faste. > > Begin to increase these qualities now so that when you reach the time > of the faste one isnt scrambling to find a pattern of spiritual > response that is comfortable. Now is the time to develop this. > > Stay well hydrated but do not supplement water for food. Be gentle and > keep track of your body and its sensations and if a problem develops > break the faste as that problem can become a distraction. > > Sharpening focus is the goal. Focus on God and Goddess. Focus on > Kundalini. Focus on the tenets of the safeties and the reception of > the gift. Allowing for surrender to become a constant companion. > > Once again be careful and be attentive to what is occurring. - > blessings all. - chrism > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 I would suggest that the three day faste start two days before the first Shaktipat day so that the third faste day is on the first day of the Shaktipat. - , " mikael " <mixolyd wrote: > > thanks would you recommend fasting before the beginning of shaktipat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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