This is something the ancients used to do. But what are the benefits? I can only convey to the reader that it has been my own experience. I have fasted intermittently for forty-six years. I recently returned to fasting after not doing it for several years.

What caused me was joint pain and aches, regular headaches, insomnia, anxiety, cloudy mind, and general lack of energy that I have been experiencing. I went to my library for help and pulled out my trusted old friend, ‘The Miracle of the Fast by Paul Bragg. Honestly, I don’t know why I stopped reading this book, but I suspect it was due to the modern pitfalls of life. Good food, good wine, and a lazy life brought on by the notion that I’m now too old to do the same things I did more than four decades ago. However, according to Paul Bragg, that is not the case. Never say Never!

So, I started fasting again making sure that this was what I wanted. In the past, if I was too hungry, I would sometimes break down and rush to the fridge. But this time … this time I wanted it to work again.

The first time I fasted again it was without food or water for twenty-four hours. I noticed that the hunger pangs subsided after a few hours. I slept a lot and spent time in my garden, in nature.

I had a slight headache, but I knew it was due to toxins re-entering my bloodstream and making my liver run for its money. I knew that eventually the impurities would be removed from my body.

As the hours passed, I also dedicated myself to prayer, speaking to God as if he were a person sitting in the same room as me. I felt closer to God. I could feel that fasting was not also cleansing the body, but also the mind and spirit. I instantly knew that it was an eternal sacred and spiritual practice that brings you face to face with the weaknesses of the flesh and the addictions of the mind. It is not an abstract practice, but an interdimensional journey.

My thoughts were everywhere. My emotions started to surface, but after a while, things calmed down and it was clarifying for me what was really happening to me. It was a time of chaos as the energies aligned.

From what I had read and experienced, I also knew that the experiences of my life that were imprisoned in every cell of my body were being released during a fast. Paradigms were changing and my Self was changing for the better, as I aged gracefully.