‘Practice doing nothing, and everything falls into place.‘
That's a quote from the incomparable Tao Te Ching. I've spent twenty years or so trying to untangle it. Sometimes, a quote comes careening into my consciousness to save me from a moment of despair.
Fasting is one example. Did you know, fasting can cure 'damn near anything'? And it's been rigorously tested over the last 100 years.
I wrote Edenbound about healing with fruit. It's become somewhat known in fruitarian circles.
However, eating just fruit for years can be a challenge in most circumstances. I live in a suburb now. I need to bring healing to suburbs. That’s not saying it’s not worth it, I’m just constantly on the prowl for the most practical remedies that support the human organism in a holistic, sustainable way.
Another option is fasting. However, I'm going to shuffle a few paradigms here.
Dry fasting is what I'm talking about. No water or food intake.
Water fasting is more perilous, because you lose MORE vital body mass... it takes longer to reach entrenched conditions. Though it can be valuable in certain circumstances, it's not what I recommend generally.
Dry fasting is a lot more intensive, less sufferable, and shorter in duration. An 11 day dry fast is the longest you'll need to do to heal. (Check out the intriguing book Starving in Siberia. The author cured her late stage lyme disease by visiting a fasting master). She's not had a recurring symptom since 2017.
I learned of dry fasting via Robert Morse's channel on Youtube. Here’s the telegram. Someone wrote in and said they were paralyzed after a neck accident, and they did a 8 day dry fast, and they were able to move again.
This is because the body, when deprived of water, breaks down senescent cells and damaged tissue, and replaces it with fresh tissue. You get new organs, essentially. And a cleansing of 'spiritual' and 'chakra' blockages to boot. Parasites and bacteria die without water... what doesn't? The human organism.
I have a complex formulation of how different energetics/attachments interface with bacteria and parasites. That’ll be delivered somewhere else.
So if you've ever tried to 'starve' yeast or something out with various cleanses, it's immensely difficult. Dry fasting is easier.
The Phoenix Protocol, by August Dunning, goes deep into the science, in a brief little book that is quite practical. He recommends a 7 day dry fast once per year, but he says that the first one gets out all of sludge from the body from the previous lifetime. The next ones are sort of for maintenance.
What I Notice on Day 5
What I notice, I'm on day 5 now, is a dry mouth, a burning stomach, some lingering nerve pain that I first noticed during a bout of covid a few years ago. I'm going for the 7 days.
If you have something more life threatening, an 11 day fast might be in order.
Remember, that being underweight puts you at risk for many accidents and diseases that affect longevity. However, the dry fast, though you will lose weight, it is mostly water and fat. You need to eat in a specific way afterwards if your goal is not to pack the fat back on, as outlined in the protocol.
Now, it takes a week or two to come off of a 7 day fast. This is the most important piece, they say. Stem cells are flowing through your body for months, and one study showed that stem cells turned into fat cells in the presence of sugar. You want your stem cells, the virtual panacea of healing and youth, to go toward tissue regeneration instead.
It takes time to build up to a 7 day dry fast, by the way. (I've done many liquid fasts, and a few dry fasts, though I had only made it to day 3.5 prior). It isn't easy. I'm just mentioning that it is easier than many protocols. It's a mystical experience, really.
If you can isolate, and cold or cool baths and brisk walks in the snow help, it will be even simpler because you'll be away from your delicious burritos. I have that challenge as well, in the sense that I cook for my daughters every morning, and need to smell the oh so sweet aroma of simmering butter or blended watermelon. I'm ok though! I swoon and move on.
There is a hard dry and a soft dry fast. Earlier in my dry fasting journey I was attempting the hard, which means you don't come into contact with water at all, even on your skin. And then I read Dry Fasting by Sergey Filonov (the master that the woman visited in Siberia) and he said it is more helpful to bathe and take cold baths or showers, because it creates a reverse lymphatic flow which cleanses more deeply. Which is good to hear, because it is much easier.
I've been on long chats with clients, so I've dried out my mouth somewhat. Ideally you keep the mouth mostly closed. However, the cells begin to replace the hard, dead water in your body (consider it radioactive) with living water. Endogenous water. You'll see urine continue to proliferate even though you're not drinking. There have been measurements to show that it doesn't all come from the tissues.
This idea of replacing the dead water in the system with living water is fascinating. Water is a conduit for information. So when it's taken in, the body needs to assimilate the information. This takes energy. Some of the pollutants in the water nourish pathogens, in known and unknown-ways. (By the way, the Medical Medium is against dry fasting, so take that as you will).
What am I going for?
There's a lump on my rear right shoulder, which formed after a shoulder injury.
I've had head congestion for ever, and I still feel it lingering on the right side.
My eyes get tight and blurry when I eat certain things, which often signifies nerve inflammation.
I still get skin rashes occasionally on large intestine and stomach points, and flaking skin. (unless eating only fruit).
I feel a little tired and non-refreshed in the morning lately, since covid.
When I resolve those, I will be quite thrilled.
What do you need to resolve?
Love and flow,
Steven Budden Jr.
Chapel Hill, NC