It can be quite an humbling experience when you go hungry for a few hours or even days. The reason for not eating can either be for fasting or for any other reason. Hunger has a weird way of breaking you down right to the core. It not only makes you think about the hunger pains but also makes you ponder over your very inner being. While the hunger forces you to get to know yourself more, it would be amazing if you can completely take advantage of this period to enhance your spiritual side.
Tips for Enhancing your Spirituality Through Fasting
Keep the following tips in mind while doing fasting:
- Fasting is good, but it is wise to start slowly rather than jumping into it. Do not try to do it the ‘cold turkey’ way. Try to avoid fasting at work. Select a time where you can specifically set aside about 8-10 hours exclusively for fasting. During your fasting period, try hard not to focus more on the food.
- Spend as much time as possible in praying. In an eight hour fast, at least set side an hour only for praying. Pray for your family, close friends, your colleagues and even for the people you do not know or for the underprivilieged.
- Meditating will surely help. Meditation gives a sense of clarity. However, if you are not used to meditating, it can be quite difficult to mediate. The mind is always running at 100 Kmph with a series of abstract thoughts and in between all the thought chaos, meditating gets difficult. But, you can get over that randomness by following a very simple rule, all you need to do is just concentrate on your breathing. Pay attention to your breathing pattern, in and out. Even if you brain is thinking about weird things, just push them aside and try hard to pay more attention to your breathing pattern.
- Go for pleasant walks. Choose a route that has a lot of greenery. No matter how bad the weather is, make sure you go for a walk. At the end of your fast, you are sure to feel rejuvenated and almost like a new person. Over the time, your perspective towards life, towards people and the way you treat them will all change for good.
Stay hungry, but you do not have to stay foolish. Enhancing your spiritual side is very essential, it makes you a better person and you can better with the almighty.
