Fasting: Difference between revisions

<blockquote>The need for fasting is one which we have said from the beginning. For the resting of the seventh day is the resting of the physical body and the lower vehicles of consciousness by that fast which can easily be accomplished when you have a momentum on it. Even the taking of juices and other liquids that sustain you during work hours is better than eating solid food during that twenty-four-hour period when, therefore, the angels of light come with transmutation and the [[violet flame]] to flush out the cells of the mind.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Beloved hearts, when you concentrate on the clearing of the brain and the brain cells and the nervous system by the correct uses of fruits and vegetable juices and herbs, you will find that there can occur a greater oneness of the Higher Mental Body ([[Holy Christ Self]]) with the mental body and the physical counterpart.</blockquote>

<blockquote>And remember, beloved hearts, that consciousness is throughout the body temple and not only in the central nervous system or in the brain. Realize that your consciousness is in the spinal altar and in the [[Kundalini]] fire and in every cell of your being and in your [[chakra]]s. And that God consciousness is able to hold a fire, an all-consuming fire, for the cleaning up of the earth and also for the wisdom of the Buddha that tells you the way to go.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Beloved ones, sometimes when we speak and you are nonresponsive, the only reason is that you have allowed yourself to become too toxic, too filled with substance and therefore not sensitive to our call. We desire not to see a movement of fanatics but the most well-balanced and well-rounded body of servers whose example may truly be an example to those whom we would draw into this teaching. Heed, therefore, our Word and take our suggestions for the manifestation of that community of the Holy Spirit which truly is the real city set on a hill that cannot be hid.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Let your light so shine in the eye, the heart, and the body temple. Let the fervor of your spirit recognize with all wisdom that which is taking place. Let your hearts go forth as the brooding Mother and as the fire of [[Kali]] to bind these devils.<ref>Saint Germain, “The Ancient Story of the Drug Conspiracy,” {{POWref|27|32|, June 10, 1984}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>If your spiritual path embodies fanaticism, it is best that you bow out and silently move on to the place where compassion is the key, where man-made doctrines do not bind men to superstition, to thoughts of Death and Hell and eternal damnation or purgatory just because they do not believe what some “authorities” have taught as the final word, the definitive interpretation of the gospel.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Dogmatism and fanaticism go hand in hand. To be doctrinaire is to be dictatorial. This engenders rigidity. Blessed ones, let us not be rigid! Let us be the pliant ones.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Therefore, let us, without breaking, empty ourselves of the fruits of wrong sowing and wrong reaping. Yes, let us become the pliant ones. Let us self-empty that we might be filled.... Continue your fasting. Continue self-elevating. Continue building the building blocks of the body, the mind, the soul—the building blocks that steady the emotions because you are deeply rooted in that soil of the Great Tao.<ref>Gautama Buddha, “Master One Petal,” {{POWref|37|22|, May 29, 1994}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>... asserts that food is an important means for treating disease. It says that in “medieval days” the sages treated illness first by diet, usually prescribing a regime of rice gruel for ten days. If this treatment was not successful, then the roots and leaves of medicinal plants were used to harmonize the energies. Acupuncture and moxibustion were employed only as a last resort.</blockquote>

<blockquote>If the emotions and the will of the patient are stable, says the Classic, then cereals alone can effect a cure. Grains have a special importance and power as human food. Water and grains are the root of life and “death comes only when they are exhausted.” In particular, rice is mentioned as a vital and harmonious food.</blockquote>