1.00 – Definitions
1.01 Fasting Is an Attitude Blog 5
1.02 Fasting vs. Abnegation Blog 14
1.03 Dieting vs. Fasting Blog 7
1.04 World’s #1 Faster Blog 9
1.05 Ascetic Comfort Blog 10
1.06 Comic vs. Cosmetics Blog 11
1.07 Abstinence and Fasting Blog 45
Fasting Defined
Fasting Etymology
Fasting vs. Starvation
Philosophy of Fasting
2.00 – History
2.01 Then Shall They Fast Blog 6
Fasting Timeline
Fasting in High Places
3.00 – Limits to Limitations
3.01 Front Row Fasting Blog 35
3.02 Mental Purity Blog 34
Fasts Not Accepted By God
Nature Thwarting
Fast Ends
Ill-advised Fasting
Fast Work
Break Fasting
Ex-post Fasting
Failed Fasts
4.00 – Science
4.01 Fasting in a Capsule Blog 8
4.02 More Hormones, Please Blog 16
Dip in the Deep Side
Fasting Is Useful, Sir:
Before Fast
By Invitation Only
It’s Not Easy
Science Friction
Bias of Science
Economics of Fasting.
Digestion
Stress Compressed
The Time of Your Life.
Aging With God
Trying Fasting
5.00 – Lifestyle
5.01 Think Fast Blog 18
5.02 Why Fast? Blog 33
5.03 Simulated Adversity Blog 36
5.04 Deforming Habits Blog 25
5.05 Withdrawal Blog 28
5.06 Fasting Is Good Blog 37
5.07 Eating Time Blog 12
5.08 Fast Times Blog 38
5.09 Fast Work Blog 15
5.10 Digesting Congestion Blog 17
5.11 Escaping the Matrix of Sin Blog 44
5.12 Word Tasting Blog 13
5.13 Lust, Fasting & Self-Control Blog 43
Eating: a Blessing and a Curse
Gluttony
Disobedience
Safe Sin
Desires
Lust
Anger
Frivolity
Sleep
6.00 – Religious Fasts
Fasting Prescribed
Fast Starts
Judaism
Hinduism
Fasting Buddha
Subjecting the Body
Lent
Monks and Monasteries
Ramadhan
Sufism
‘Ittiqaf
Fasting Universal
7.00 – Fragrance of Fasting
7.01 Repentance Blog 21
7.02 Penance Blog 22
7.03 Revival Blog 23
7.04 Silence Blog 24
7.05 Attitude Modification Blog 40
Atonement
Petition
Guidance
Vow
Commemorating Historic Calamities
Sacred Places and Fasting
Fear
Debility
Self-Inflicted Punishment
Immunization by Fasting
Catharsis
Crying
Sincerity
Security Clearance
Humility
8.00 – Fruits of Fasting
8.01 Unselfishness Blog 19
8.02 Purification Blog 20
8.03 Out of Body Blog 26
8.04 Charity Blog 27
8.05 Spiritual Immunity Blog 4
Deliberation
Temperance
Forbearance
Self-denial
Chastity, Lust & Self-Control
Restraint
Discipline
Resolve
Determination
Mystical Visions
Commiseration
Politics
Dream [change outcome]
Rain
9.00 – Feeding the Spirit
9.01 Consuming Faith Blog 3
Seven Habits of the Highly Spiritual
Fast Bridges
Perspective and Illusions
Death
A Dose of Nothing
Fasting Time
Fasts Forward
10.00 – Fasting Hearts
10.01 Remembrance Blog 29
10.02 Integrity of Heart Blog 39
Contemplation
Meditation
God-Consciousness
Sanctity
Nearness to God
Bibliography
Index