I'm going to try fasting for a week and see what happens.
2006-10-11 17:42:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A spiritual experience cannot be achieved through fasting, but through the middle way.
2006-10-11 18:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Je 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend, if you are an atheist and fasting a week of muslim fasting just to see what happens, then nothing will happen except that you will benefit in medical terms:
"Most Muslims do not fast because of medical benefits but because it has been ordained to them in the Quran. The medical benefits of fasting are as a result of fasting. Fasting in general has been used in medicine for medical reasons including weight management, for rest of the digestive tract and for lowering lipids. There are many adverse effects of total fasting as well as so-called crash diets. Islamic fasting is different from such diet plans because in Ramadan fasting, there is no malnutrition or inadequate calorie intake. The caloric intake of Muslims during Ramadan is at or slightly below the national requirement guidelines. In addition, the fasting in Ramadan is voluntarily taken and is not a prescribed imposition from the physician.
Ramadan is a month of self-regulation and self-training, with the hope that this training will last beyond the end of Ramadan. If the lessons learned during Ramadan, whether in terms of dietary intake or righteousness, are carried on after Ramadan, it is beneficial for one's entire life. Moreover, the type of food taken during Ramadan does not have any selective criteria of crash diets such as those which are protein only or fruit only type diets. Everything that is permissible is taken in moderate quantities. "
If you want to experience a religion, you must get into it 100%. Do the 5 prayers a day with a total concentration and know the meaning of what you are reading and keep your fasting and follow every rule of islam if you are talking of islamic fasting. Just not do a part of the laws for one week and neglecting the others.
2006-10-12 00:54:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard this, but all of my friends who have tried it failed. Its much harder than it sounds. Personally, I think being happy and content on a daily bases is a better goal. Any spiritual experience from something like this will flutter away because your mind will just go back to its old habits without training it daily (i.e., *religiously*).
2006-10-12 00:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meditation has the potential to enhance your life more fully and consistently than seeking a spiritual high from a sugar low.
2006-10-12 00:46:04 · answer #4 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have the same one that any person who really fasts has. Delusions from lack of food. Fasting is a way to lower peoples will power, make them easier to convince.
2006-10-12 00:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by Arcturus R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fasting has nothing to do with having a spiritual experience, if you want to have a spiritual experience try prayer, deep prayer just talk to god
2006-10-12 00:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by ali kit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus tells us "seek and you shall find". However, if you are not seeking God/Jesus, the Creator, then you can be opening your spirit to receive influence from demons. If you are truly seeking after God, He knows you are seeking and will answer you. You don't have to necessarily fast to get answers from God, but you do have to pray/ask(seek), which is the first step to humbling oneself before God. Fasting is for disciples to deepen their faith. I have not read anywhere in the Bible where fasting benefited a non-believer.
2006-10-12 01:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by it_was_julie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is cool to see that you have an open mind to try it. Fasting is much more than just not eating or drinking, so keep that in mind.
2006-10-12 00:49:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll hallucinate, perhaps. But like all delusional experiences, hallucinations are meaningless.
I wouldn't recommend fasting. It's just glorified starvation.
And like all starvation, it's a bad thing.
2006-10-12 00:49:46 · answer #9 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's call deprivation, which could potentially cause people to black out, hallucinate, etc...and which many believer types world over consider spiritual experiences...eesh.
2006-10-12 00:49:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋