Fasting Journal : Fasting Center International

FASTING PSYCHOLOGY PH.D. REDISCOVERS AGE-OLD MAXIM: OVERCOMING ONE'S RESISTANCE SWEETENS ONE'S SUCCESS!

   [NOTE: Inspired by a friend and fellow Ph.D.'s improved health, happiness and healing power, gained from doing FCI'S 80-day Program, Beth Miller, Ph.D., a psychologist practicing in the northern California Bay Area, approached FCI with these words: "I've gained 20-to-25 lbs. since menopause, and I now want a jump-start on cleaning out." As might be expected from one open to investigating all possible mental states the fasting mind can encounter, she came face-to-face with her own resistance, as well as the self-sabotaging aspect of ego and it's periodic desire to throw in the towel. After acknowledging and wrestling with these 'states,' she chose to push beyond them, discovering the tremendous euphoria of success her friend had demonstrated before her. In doing so, not only did she achieve all of her pre-fast goals, but she actually fasted four days beyond her original target before finding the brakes. Here, then, is her inspriational, post-fast self-diagnosis.]

    "I timed the end of the fast for Spring, and the arrival of my new car. I love the experience of transformation. I am now healthy, bright-eyed and trim, looking forward to a well-earned sense of freedom.

    "The fast was a mixture of great fascination and gruelling difficulty. I watched with fascination as I came up against resistance to aspects of the fast. Since I have great respect for resistance, I walked through it and reflected on attachments and detachment.

    "I also believe in resistance, so I listened to myself and allowed myself to think of quitting even before my 'time was up.' I experienced grace at the moment of giving up (I synchronistically read about the tests that come when we near the end of a journey, especially an arduous one), as is said in the desert 'just as we are to die of thirst, we see the palm trees of the oasis.'

    "I knew, then, that I would go the distance, and had had another chance to see who I am during difficult times. That sustained me through the remaining days. By the end of the fast, as I went to meals with friends and families (where I did not eat, but joined in the conversation), I began to make mental notes of the restaurants I would return to and the food I would eat, when I was finished with the fast.

    "I am so glad I did the fast. I am so glad I succeeded, and I love feeling this light and healthy. Thank you, Dennis, for being available. Fondly, Beth."

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