Thread: Fasting

Originally Posted by Latindancer

Crikey ! ENT has died.....carked it, mid-story ! Right here on TD.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

Originally Posted by ENT

Botulism, think botox. Mad women and fairyboys think its the bees knees, until their faces start to look like photoshopped funnies.

Everybody laugh. Ent is funny. 555

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

Heh...Blaney, I see you've got food on your mind, mate...

Of course, good nutrition, but not hunger. I'm also thinking about ENT's rambling on and on about BMs. Especially the first one after a fast. I'm waiting...

Originally Posted by ENT

I think that's his problem.

(see above quote to BB 'bout nutrition)

Originally Posted by ENT

I gave up a lot of things in my more recent past, or at least moderated my consumption thereof.

That's exactly what fasting is about. Giving up food.

Originally Posted by ENT

The whole thing with eating, consuming and having to have things is based on hankering, wishful thinking, fantasizing over what you think you want. Desire.

That's definitely not my motivation. I believe fasting is a healthful activity and will lead to many health related benefits. Starting with less desire for food following the fast.

Originally Posted by ENT

Buddha pointed out that all suffering comes from desire. True.

Buddhism simplifies everything too much.

Vedanta attributes five causes of suffering, and these are: (1) loss of contact with the real that is the center of our being, the Atman; (2) ego; (3) attachment; (4) aversion; and (5) clinging.

Bill, you're so full of yer own shit you can't see that your problem is your uncontrollable desire to eat crap food, (hand to mouth infantile oral gratification) masochistically push yourself to physically painful extremes (adrenalin junky), prescription drugs (hard drug addiction) and pure narcissism, you're an attention whore.

Mumbojumbo religious mutterings, Vedanta, following gurus and pretending to understand atman, ego, nirvana or any of that through ritual prescriptions or meditations will get you nowhere, millions have tried it before you, millions will try it yet, all are doomed to utter disappointment.

As one Zen Buddhist abbot once said, "Trying to reach enlightenment by meditating is like trying to make a mirror by polishing a brick."

Buddhism is simple. Why should a profound understanding be anything other?
Your much vaunted Vedanta philosophy is derived from Buddhism, but it's a bit like going the long way round to reach a goal while simply being yourself and fulfilling your dharma (your duty) is all you need to do. Karma will look after itself.

You'd be better off meditating on being aware of every morsel of food you put in your mouth, chew it slowly, think about where it came from and what it will do for you, sip every drop of fluid with mindfulness, and understand why you drink it and be deliberately mindful and aware of every step you take instead of hammering your body around, as that excess will kill you, and drive you to further excesses before you die.

Re your bowel movements, most of what you eat comes out your arse,and if you take no notice of the state of the crap you drop, you're just plain stupid.

Your cyclic fasting and binge eating is more akin to bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa, defined as;

Bulimia
An insatiable overeating as a medical condition, in particular.
an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.

Anorexia
A lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).
an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.

Try reading this;
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders....orexia-nervosa


Got it in one?


Cheers.

Originally Posted by ENT

"Trying to reach enlightenment by meditating is like trying to make a mirror by polishing a brick."

A good post ENT.

Body can be forgiving but extreme nature of blaney's effort at controlling is rather dangerous.
Still, wish him good health

ENT-man speak truth.

Buddha rejected extremism after having tried it, and advocated the middle path.

WJB, your fast was very prolongued, and if you want to continue down the same path, you would be better off doing short fasts.

Originally Posted by Latindancer

you would be better off doing short fasts.

These are all a bit lazy. Eat and put some hard work/exercise into it.
4 or 5 hrs at least every day until weight is down.
Only eat what you need.
Keep body strong.