Some Words on Fasting

Many have messaged me about fasting. They have asked how the not eating part of this experiment was for me so I decided to write a bit about that.

I fasted for 10 days for the first time about 10 years ago. I did a fast called “The Master Cleanser. You can read about it here if you are interested.

It involves only drinking a lemon drink that consists of fresh squeezed lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper for the duration of the fast. They say that this drink will help rid the body of toxins that are being released through the process of fasting. I am convinced that it works.

When I first fasted back in 2003 it was incredibly challenging. I continued to work my day job that involved taking people out to lunch and dinner and I would just order tea. I would try to keep the fact that I was fasting a secret so that the focus of every meeting wouldn’t become about my fast. I also realized that if people knew I was fasting they would feel guilty for eating.

I made it back in 2003. The first 4 days were excruciating. However, I found out that on day 5 the hunger pains had subsided and were replaced by an incredibly clear and focused state of mind. This allowed me to develop ideas that I had and focus on areas of spiritual growth that were difficult to master while not fasting.

After the fast was over I didn’t want to go back to eating the way I did before. It wasn’t that I was horribly unhealthy, but before the fast I didn’t give to much thought about what I put into my body. From that point on I was very conscious of the foods I ate and tried to stick to mostly dishes that were heavy on fruits and vegetables.

The next time I attempted a 10 day fast was a couple of years later. That time it was much easier. Possibly because I knew what to expect and had adjusted to the feeling of hunger. But I have come to the belief that the toxins are what were causing the intense hunger and fatigue that I experienced the first time around. Some say that your body actually goes through withdrawals from substances like sugars, and unhealthy fats. I believe this to be true.

Last year I attempted the same fast but I did it for 20 days. I had been eating a mostly raw food diet at the time. I found the 20 day fast to be very easy. I didn’t even get fatigued but experienced the same clarity and focus that were present the previous 2 times. Even though I had taken an 8 year break from fasting all together. At the end of the 20 day fast I found myself not really wanting to eat. The state of mind I was in was so good that I didn’t want to lose it in exchange for eating. But I think there were some spicy lime cashews I had lying around and they were tempting enough to make me give in.

I lost a lot of weight during the 20 day fast. But I was also not at my ideal weight when I started it. I was about 185lbs and during the fast I dropped down to about 165.   When the fast was over my weight increased to 170. From then on I fluctuated between 170 and 175.

Before I decided to make this a magic mushroom fast it was just going to be a good old fashioned regular fast. In nature, alone, and with nothing to distract me. It was only after hearing the Radiolab episode on Bliss that I decided to add the magic mushroom twist to the mix. Best choice ever!!!!

I have mentioned this before in comments and what not. I can hardly remember feeling any hunger on this fast. Magic mushrooms tend to alleviate hunger pains. On top of that I have been living a very healthy lifestyle this past year. Consistent exercise, eating a mostly vegan diet, and meditating about 2 hours a day. All these factors helped this fast to flow with grace and ease. Just as I requested and exactly how I like it.

I will be writing an article soon that will attempt to summarize the whole experience for those who might wish to try it.  If you are someone who is thinking about working deeply with mushrooms I recommend trying to do a fast first. It doesn’t need to be 10 days and it doesn’t need to only be 10 days. Go with whatever feels right for you. If you have never fasted before try it for a day.

Fasting is a very healthy practice. It has nothing to do with weight loss. In fact on this last 10 day fast I didn’t lose more than a couple of pounds. I guess either those magic mushrooms are packed with calories or perhaps when your body finds its optimum weight and you fast consciously the body is able to maintain itself.

I don’t recommend fast for the purpose of weight loss. Although weight loss will be a bonus side effect that will come from giving your body a needed rest from digestion. And it will reward you with more energy and sexiness. It is like growing crops. I may not get this exactly right but for optimum produce it is recommended that farmers let the land rest every seven years so that the soil can regain its nutrients. Farmers that do not give the land a rest produce fruits and vegetables that lack certain vitamins and minerals. Your body is a reflection of the earth. Give it a rest and the fruits that you bear will be loaded with vitamins, minerals, and flavor.

Now go be the best fruit of vegetable you can be!

I Eat Nothing

( A Poem written on day 7 of my fast)

 

I am Good

I feel energized.

 

I feel like I could change the world at the drop of a hat. My world could change in the greatest way possible because all is perfect. All is always perfect.

 

I am looking through blue clear sunglasses as I write this and wonder to myself…

 

What are eyes?

 

Are they real?

 

What is their story?

 

Am I attached to them?

I think I am

 

But for how long? And can or relationship change?

 

Do we have more than two eyes?

 

I Am the big eye in the sky and I am doing a marvelous job doing what it is I do. Dealing with the little dysfunctions that come up here and there.

 

And are they really dysfunctions or are they lessons in disguise.

 

They are lessons

 

And I will soon be graduating.

 

We will all graduate soon. 

Day 2 – A Happy Introductory Lesson

I am staying in a beautiful heavily wooded wilderness with old tree stumps covered in think moss. There is a river flowing right outside my back door and a lake 30 mins walking distance from the cabin. Snow capped mountains surround me. I am in paradise.

I am so glad I decided to take this journey. Yesterday was profound to say the least. A lot of what I am experiencing may simply be just ideas and stories in my head. But I can’t explain how real and how much logical sense these ideas and stories are making. It is as if concepts are being explained to me on a level that is beyond words. But I am going to do the best I can to explain my experience with words. Please bear with me.

Yesterday, I woke up and prepared for the day. At about noon I took my first dose of about 3 grams of mushrooms and headed to the river to meditate. The 3 grams didn’t seem as strong as they felt the day before and for a moment I began to feel a little disappointed. But then I started “hearing” a voice in my head explaining how mushrooms worked.

She said that I should look at mushrooms as a great teacher sitting at the top of a mountain. Many people come to her because they want a novel and fun trippy experience. She is happy to give that to them but explained that she holds so much wisdom that she will gladly offer the true seeker. She said that I proved myself to be a true seeker when I showed up committing to eating only mushrooms during my fast in order to learn her wisdom. She said she is overjoyed to oblige and that I should consider this day lesson one or the introduction.

So I am sitting by the river having a very real conversation with an spirit calling herself the mushroom spirit and mother nature herself. Just than two extremely friendly dogs showed up and became my friends. She explained that somehow she was one of the dogs too. A lot of what she explained seemed too lofty to understand. How could she be mushrooms, the spirit of nature, and this cute dog sitting next to me? But somehow, through images in my mind she explained to how this worked.

She started explaining me deep truths about the universe and the world she lives in. She said that the spirit realms are all around but we can’t see them because we are trapped in some sort of belief pattern that blocks us from seeing it. Every human has the abilities and powers that we would describe as Godlike. However we have all agreed to participate in some great universal experiment. It would be almost like if the chidren in the Lord of the Flies were adults that agreed to forget what it was to be adults so that they could experience what it was like to be children lost on a deserted island. The children, us, were put on this island, earth, with no recollection of who we are so that we could figure out a way.

Well we have dug ourselves into a beautiful mess. We have corrupt government and concepts and belifs that lead to war and anger. However, despite what seems like a mess the project, was a success. Through us being here we have learned something that is going to benefit the entire universe. So much so that we humans, every single one of us are the heros of the universe right now.

We are at a pivotal moment where what we now know as reality is going to completely change. Things are going to get painfully good. They actually used those words. From what I understand the state of bliss which is a constant state where they are from is so good that it can be uncomfortable for us in our state. They are doing work and have been doing work for 1000’s of years to get us to a place where we can be welcomed back into the spirit realms.

Sounds Crazy Right?!

Trust me I know. This whole time I found myself asking if this was real and being assured yes, this is most definitely real.

They said that it is challenging for them because they seem to us like Gods. And they are Gods, but so are we, and that is very hard for them to get through to us. Because of their appearance we get scared of them and go into worship mode. They don’t want to be worship. In a sense they feel like worshiping us just as much as we might feel like worshiping them because of their view of the big picture.

What we think of as earth, or our situation here can be compared to a big pimple that is ripe and ready to be popped. They want to pop it very carefully not to leave any scaring and because their family is trapped inside and they don’t want to harm anyone.

Oneness and the Creator
There is this whole concept of Oneness that was prevalent through the entire experience. Nature being the dog who is also mushrooms. She also explained that she is also a part of me. At one point a spirit showed up who called themselves what I would refer to as God or the Creator. He was totally different from what we think of as God and the God of the Bible. He was the coolest most laid back dude I had ever met in my life. He was almost like an all powerful Big Labowski, spliff in hand and all.

A lot was being explained to me by mushrooms and what felt like a small group of very close family members sitting in a living room. God was one of the characters in the room. At one point nature was explaining to me some details about my purpose and it was very serious. I like smoking cigarettes but sometimes I feel guilty about it because it’s not healthy. However there is another part of me that feels like I am not addicted and I should smoke when I want to smoke and stop when I feel like stopping. I asked nature if I should stop smoking and before she could answer God called out from what seemed like the back of the room and said, “You do whatever the fuck you want to do.” I laughed very hard and it was reassuring that God had my back and my support.

I can’t even begin to explain how cool God was. He showed me that he was God but he was totally approachable. He is overjoyed that we are going to interact with him in a way that is beyond our understanding in our current state. He explained how when we allowed ourselves to get lost we created our own complex reality which to him was like an extremely complex language that they have all needed to learn to speak. They have been faced with trying to communicate with us but not knowing how to do it in the way that shows the love that they feel. We have a solution now. What God said, and this was so powerful that I stopped and wrote it down, was,

“You are growing into me as I am growing into you”

There is something about that statement that felt really good to me.

All in all the introduction to the University of Mushrooms was the best of the best of the best. I was told to eat as many mushrooms as needed. I was assured that I would know how much to take and that I should feel safe to take as much as I want but to trust my gut and not over do it. Grace and ease they said, this is just the beginning and they have so much to share with me and so much to do.

Last night I took some more before climbing into bed. I laid down and put on some Deva Pramal. It was as if Nature showed up in sexy lingerie ready for love. The experience was sexual and yet beyond sexual. It was as if she was massaging my whole being in and out of moments of sheer bliss. I am in love with mushroom, I am in love with nature. She is my teacher. I am her private student. She knows how to teach me difficult lessons and she is sexy as hell!

That’s all for today. More tomorrow