Health and Spirituality Attained by Fasting - Looking for a Like-Minded Fasting Buddy

by treetop
(Mississauga Ontario Canada)

I don't normally post on this forum even though I read a lot of what is said and have been helped greatly in the past..

My name is Daniel and I live in a city that neighbors Toronto Canada. This time last year I was 75 lbs heavier than I am now and owe a great deal of my success to fasting. The bulk of my weight was lost doing short 2/3 day bi-weekly fasts... I am happier now than I was.

The thing is, in doing this I face knew problems. Fasting and adopting a mostly vegan diet has opened a whole new world of realizations. Though I am more in tune with my self and the world around me, I am still not in perfect harmony.

It is as if all the work that I have done just made me realize how messed up I really was and in part still am... not to mention how messed up society tends to be. I am having a hard time right now being a part of a place where I can clearly see the lies and, for lack of a better word, bullshit that ignorantly swarms around me.

I'm not trying to say that everyone is evil or anything, but with the holidays that have just passed, I have seen a very ugly side of humanity and I'm having a very hard time re-integrating into this place I call home.

This brings me to why I logged on in the first place. When I first heard about fasting, it was from a man who had done a 30-day water fast and he began to explain that, in fasting for that long, he was able to see and understand what was REAL.

That material things and all the like did not matter. This naturally peeked my interest and I began fasting shortly thereafter. By my third fast a clarity came and washed the FOG away and I started to see things in a new light.

I was working construction and was only able to do 2-3 day fasts always wanting to go the long haul and complete a 40-day fast. I quit my crappy job (that paid extremely well) in September and now finally have the time to work towards my goal of completing a 40-day fast.

My motivation in all this is enlightenment. I want to discover my true place in the cosmos and what in this world is truly important. It's funny because I believe that life is all a matter of timing. I have wanted to fast like this for a while and the timing couldn't be more perfect.

I leave for a vipassana retreat on the 13th of January and, on my return, I start my mental prep for the fast which will end up lining up with lent - a catholic tradition of sacrifice which traditionally involved fasting for 40 days.

I guess, in short I am looking for someone to fast with during this time. Someone that perhaps shares in the same motivation of attaining some form of spirituality and overall mental and physical health. If there is anyone out there that shares my views, you can drop me a line at tree3top@hotmail.com

p.s I'm only a little crazy! lol