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Spiritual Fasting



Spiritual fasting is the practice of willfully refraining from eating for the purpose of attaining greater spiritual access and enlightenment or as a sign of respect, devotion, or worship. Spiritual fasting is a practice that is part of many religious traditions around the world, either as an individual or communal practice, often occurring at specific times of year and involving a set of rules that must be followed about when and how to break this fast.

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Fasting for Spiritual Strength

In the case of spirituality, fasting is used to help people strengthen their connection with God, open up their Chakras, or to connect with the universe.

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Water Fasting: What Is a Water Fast and the Health & Spiritual Benefits and Dangers?

Acharya Shree Yogeesh explains what is water fasting and the health and spiritual benefits of water fasting. Water Fasting is an spiritual practice to help burn karma as well as make the human instrument healthier and stronger to do practices.

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Fasting for Ramadan Enhances Spiritual Growth

For the majority of Muslims worldwide a confirmed new-moon sighting next Tuesday will usher in the holy month of Ramadan. This 1,400-year-old ritual is a reminder to practice self-restraint, increase one's spirituality and appreciate God's countless blessings.

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06-06-16 Buddhist Precepts Regarding Food - BBCorner

Venerable Thubten Chodron explains the Buddhist perspective on fasting and how practitioners keep Buddhist precepts related to food.

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The Catholic Moment: The Spiritual Benefits of Fasting

The spiritual dimensions of fasting help to break the modern tendency to see the results in purely physical terms. It is good to lose weight, to have less of oneself to carry around, but these are only secondary effects of the deeper spiritual reality that is shared in fasting.

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Top 5 Medical Benefits of Ramadan Fasting

Dr Tahir Nasser explains how true the Quranic statement that fasting is "good for you, if only you knew" really is. That claim, 1400 years ago, has proven true not only from a spiritual and moral perspective, but now with the discoveries of recent research, from the health perspective too.

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Food Is Everything

Hunger created by human greed is an expression of a violent and unjust world, a world out of balance. Fasting is a conscious choice to connect with the body, the Earth and the cosmos.

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The Number One Secret to Superhuman Willpower

Fasting is by far the most sophisticated willpower workout available. If you get good at fasting, you can learn to control every other aspect of your life. If you get good at fasting, you can overcome any addiction, not matter how deeply imbedded.

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From Lent to Yom Kippur, a Deeper Look at Religious Fasting

Some give up food. Others give up social media. Still others put the kibosh on television. Fasting as a way to regain or refocus spirituality is common in many religions.

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Intermittent Fasting: Benefits, Trends, Spirituality and Dangers

What Is Intermittent Fasting?

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