Is fasting spiritual ?

[Preety_India]

I want to do fasting as a spiritual practice.

What do you think of it in terms of spiritual significance?

I'm not sure how I'm going to be doing, whether 1 day or multiple days 

I'm going through spiritual distress/darkness.

 

 

[impulse9]

It's a good way to cleanse your body, and a healthy mind needs a healthy body.

[Preety_India]

Just that ?

 

[impulse9]

What more do you need, health isn't enough?

 

(Obviously fasting has been used as a spiritual tool since time immemorial, but that shouldn't be your main spiritual practice. Your main practice should always be meditation.)

Edited June 24, 2021 by impulse9

[Preety_India]

What benefits does it bring spiritually?

 

[impulse9]

It helps remove accumulated negative patterns from your body and your mind, be they in the form of physical toxins or depressing thoughts.

[Preety_India]

That's good

 

 

[Carl-Richard]

7 hours ago, Preety_India said:

What benefits does it bring spiritually?

When your digestion processes stop, your body becomes literally more silent. Your stomach usually makes small noises and movements that you've become accustomed to, but when they disappear, you can actually notice the difference in meditation. You'll also free up a lot of blood volume that will instead fill the brain. Even though you'll have less energy, you'll have more mental clarity.