Tag Archives: God-consciousness

Fasting, Perception and the Sixth Sense – Part 1

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brother M

Have you seen him who makes his desire his god, and God sends him astray purposely, and seals up his hearing and his heart, and sets on his sight a covering? Who, then, will lead him after God [has condemned … Continue reading →

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Fasting, Ketosis & Altered Consciousness

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Brother M

And whoever does more good than he is bound to do, it is better for him; for to fast is better for you - if you only knew. [Qur'an - 2:184] Ketosis illustrates a striking convergence of religion and science. Normally, our … Continue reading →

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Rumi’s Stomach

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Brother M

There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness! Man is like a lute, neither more nor less: When the lute’s stomach is full, it cannot lament, whether high or low. If your brain and stomach burn from fasting, their … Continue reading →

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Attitude Modification

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Brother M

“Yet if you devote your heart to Him and stretch out your hands to Him,  if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your … Continue reading →

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Fasting and Pain

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Brother M

The more a man desires spiritual life, the more bitter the present becomes to him, because he understands better and sees more clearly the defects, the corruption of human nature. To eat and drink, to watch and sleep, to rest, … Continue reading →

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Simulated Adversity

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Brother M

Oh you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you so that you may attain God-consciousness. [Qur'an 2:183] Fasting produces physically measurable conditions. It also produces conditions not yet scientifically defined that we … Continue reading →

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