--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On May 16, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > Mike Dixon wrote: > >> Actually , I , as well as others have been on rounding courses in > >> which M's instructions were to "not come out of your room for a > >> couple or three days and just meditate. If you become hungry, have > >> some bite of the apple." On my six month course we fasted on grapes > >> or other fruit if you liked, for about three days each month. While > >> in India, I learned that a fruit and milk diet was considered very > >> purifying and satvic and raised the quality of ones experiences > >> very quickly. Shantinand and many great yogis would fast on fruit > >> and some on fruit and milk for days and weeks at a time. > >> > > > > But these tapas are not necessary to achieve samadhi. But they are > > something that people on the right hand path might do. > > > I don't know that I believe the western imported idea of 'fasting is > good for you and your spiritual experiences'. It's certainly not > promulgated in Ayurveda.>>
No-one is talking about fasting here, you dickhead. Start a thread about fasting instead of bullshitting with your ego-driven-know-it-all-off-topic arrogance. OffWorld