Lent

Traditionally, Lent is observed for 40 weekdays, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday.

Lent is a period of maximizing the resurrection flame, and it is typically a period of prayer, penance, and fasting. Many people in the Christian churches throughout the world, including Eastern Orthodox churches, have celebrations of fasting and prayer during Lent. It is considered a time of sacrifice, walking that period with Jesus Christ, preparing for the crucifixion. And so it is the mortification of the flesh so that the spirit can be newborn in the great springtide of the resurrection flame.

Celebrating Lent

You may wish to write a confession letter that you then consecrate and burn. Remember to call upon the law of forgiveness and give violet flame decrees for the transmutation of all karma and transgressions of God’s laws.

If you decide to fast during Lent, try pressure-cooked brown rice and bancha tea. Rice focuses the perfect balance of Alpha and Omega, the yin and the yang, the plus and the minus. Fasting on rice will assist you in balancing these energies in the body.

Although the brown-rice fast is entirely optional, it is recommended as a sustaining fast by which you can observe Lent and also receive healthful benefits. You may wish to fast one to three days and then eat cooked vegetables and other grains (barley, as spring approaches) for a day or two, or a week. In addition, if you would like to give up something for Lent, the Messenger suggests that you abstain from red meat and sweets.

As you prepare for Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection at Easter, use your Ashram Rituals booklet to give “Easter Meditation Ritual for Activating the Resurrection Spirit in All Hearts” for forty days from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday. You can also give decree 40.09, “Djwal Kul’s breathing exercise,” as your Lenten offering.

Sources

Elizabeth Clare Prophet, March 4, 1979.

Holy Days Calendar, February 1994.

Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 35, no. 6, February 9, 1992.