Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.
Obesience to Her is pure being, consciousness, bliss. As power, who Exists in the forms of time and space, and all that is therein, who is the divine illuminatrix in all beings.
Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart. Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes Lives in the Self. Self is the source of love and may be known through love but not through thought. Attain this goal!

