Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Mosséri

1 Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 1 Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 2 INDEX CHAPTER 1: Fasting AMONG ANCIENT CHAPTER 2: Fasting AMONG CHAPTER 3: THE EGYPTIAN FARMER AND HIS CHAPTER 4: THE RESERVES OF THE CHAPTER 5: THE THREE PHASES OF CHAPTER 6: DAILY CHAPTER 7: CHAPTER 8: MEDICATIONS AND CHAPTER 9: THE FAST IS NOT A CHAPTER 10: ENERGY, THE DETOX PROCESS, AND CHAPTER 11: HOW LONG SHOULD A PERSON FAST, WHERE, AND WHEN?..52 CHAPTER 12: MEDICAL SUPERVISION ..56 CHAPTER 13: FRUIT CURES, DIETS AND CHAPTER 14: MORNING Fasting ACCORDING TO DR. CHAPTER 15:..67 CHAPTER 16: WEEKLY CHAPTER 17: REJUVENATE, LOSE AND GAIN WEIGHT, BY CHAPTER 18: COFFEE, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL AND DRUG CHAPTER 19: ACUTE DISORDERS Fever, pain, CHAPTER 20: CHRONIC CHAPTER 21: THE EVOLUTION OF CHAPTER 22: Health CHAPTER 23: NATURAL REMEDIES DURING CHAPTER 25: HERBAL TEAS DURING CHAPTER 27: Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 3 CHAPTER 1 Fasting AMONG ANCIENT CULTURES Fast and you will be healthy again the Koran From the earliest times of history, Fasting has been practiced by men and women from all around the world.

2 All major religions, as well as some religious cults, have advocated Fasting as an effective means of achieving both spiritual purification and physical discipline. However, only the Muslim faith also recommends Fasting as a means to attain wellness in the face of ill Health . Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad all fasted for 40 days. The Jewish religion orders 24 hours of Fasting , on five occasions each year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement , is one such instance. For a small number of very pious believers, Monday and Thursday of each week are days of complete Fasting with the exception of drinking Water . Among Muslims, Ramadan Fasting involves refraining for a whole month from consuming food or drink during the daytime. After sundown, Muslims may eat a meal. For Christians, the Lenten fast is not actually a fast. Instead, some Christians are able to eat everything, except meat; for other Christians, meat is allowed during Lent.

3 The Hindu religion also recommends Fasting to the faithful. Finally, hunger strikers fast to obtain attention and pity from the public because of a major issue that concerns them, such as unfair incarceration or other issues that they feel strongly are unjust and about which they believe that people need to become aware. Some hunger strikers lead people to believe they are in personal danger because of their Fasting , while many of them are well-aware of the benefit they gain in personal Health Through Fasting . Hunger strikers may fast in poor conditions, and they may also exhibit unhealthy behavior, such as smoking tobacco or drinking coffee or tea while Fasting . They may also be under extreme stress during the fast, and stress itself is bad for the body. Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 4 For human beings, Fasting is a practice that is used to refrain from all food, while the person still consumes Water .

4 Without Water , an individual really does risk becoming dehydrated, leading to death in as little as one to three weeks. When a religion recommends Fasting , the duration of the fast is usually for a predetermined length, such as 21 days, 30 days, etc. Some spiritual masters ask their followers to fast for 40 days to purify themselves, both physically and spiritually. But Shelton wrote the following: The laws of nature do not indicate specific days, nor a particular number of days, assigned to begin a fast .. Following the Laws of Nature, a fast must be started when you need it and not when you do not need it. Hunger and thirst must be satisfied on a daily basis with healthy food and pure Water . Whoever refuses to meet the needs of the body as indicated by hunger and thirst is as guilty of violating the Laws of Nature as the one who violates them by overeating.

5 THE ANNUAL FAST IN MAURITIUS ISLAND On two occasions, I had the opportunity to watch short movies about Mauritius Island. It is composed of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean next to Madagascar. The people on this island eventually gained independence after a Franco-British colonization. The vegetation at this location is luxuriant. The inhabitants of these islands share facial characteristics with Indian people. Their primitive religion stipulates two fasts per year, including one which is 21 days for men and the other is nine days for women. During this religious Fasting , men are separated from women and sleep in different beds. They are allowed to drink Water with a few drops of lemon juice. A priest oversees all religious rites. At the end of the Fasting period, a firewalking ceremony is organized. The Fasting faithful walk barefoot over a pile of red hot stones, with just enough time to rush Through them.

6 Apparently, these men handle the heat very well and do not grimace during the firewalk. Perhaps by walking bare feet all year, the soles of their feet harden so they are more resistant to the intense heat compared to those of Europeans. After the ceremony is over, branches and dry leaves are thrown onto these burning stones, and suddenly everything catches fire and smoke rises from the scorching heap Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 5 of stones. Some natives also engage in types of body piercing that most people in developed countries would consider extreme. I once hired a young nurse from Mauritius. She confirmed that the annual Fasting practices on the island still continue today. She invited me to spend the holidays at her home and observe these practices first hand. Unfortunately, the rites of the primitive tribes do not have specific instructions on how to break their fasts.

7 No religion requires its followers to practice the long and strict fasts practiced by important, historical leaders. While Jesus, Moses, and Muhammad fasted for 40 days in either the desert or the mountains, they never asked the faithful to fast for such long periods. Regrettably, we do not know if these courageous prophets drank Water during their fasts, nor how they broke their fasts. IN ANCIENT GREECE During the same period during which medicine emerged in ancient Greece, around the year 400 BC, priests in some temples practiced what they called Natural Hygiene via Fasting , diet, exercise, prayer, and physical and mental rest periods. Indeed, the trend so many thousands of years ago was towards the natural. They discouraged drugs and recommended letting Nature play its part, without upsetting it for any reason whatsoever. According to the Greek philosopher Celsus, disease was caused by what was referred to at the time as melancholic plethora.

8 This problem was believed to be caused by an excess of black bile resulting from the incomplete digestion of certain foods, as well as by excessive eating or irregular eating. (By itself, the word plethora refers to a large number.) Celsus was a strong advocate of Fasting . Patients who did not improve by medical methods would stay in a temple, also referred to as sanctuaries. Within these walls, they would fast while praying. DAY LABORERS It is this semi-fast that coincided with the hardest work in the fields. They fed on greens, sprouts, and young vegetables from the garden, which had not yet started to produce. They all have sunken cheeks, and this half-fast lasts until the end of June. Vibrant Health Through Water Fasting By Albert Moss ri 6 Their facial features are slimmed and boney because they never get enough to eat. This semi-fast and their way of living from wild and natural foods gives them an unusual level of Health from a pure blood.

9 Medical examinations have clearly seen that, as well as an exemption from, almost all human diseases that fill our pathology textbooks . This tribe fasts out of necessity because they have nothing to eat in the spring. This is also the case of farmers who live in autarky, but are they truly Fasting ? THE RAMADAN OF ISLAM As mentioned earlier, Ramadan is a religious fast practiced by Muslims around the world. This fast lasts 30 days. Most Muslims comply with Fasting , with rare exceptions, although the children and the sick are exempt from practicing this fast. Daily life continues as usual, each person going about his or her business, strictly Fasting without Water . No food or drink is permitted until sundown. Prayers are made at regular intervals, several times a day, at the mosque, within the work premises, or otherwise at home. Finally at sunset, the signal is given to break the fast, shouting: God is the greatest!

10 The faithful go back home to eat and drink Water . Tables are customarily filled with food and sweets, prepared for the occasion by the wives during the day. It's a festive occasion, and the mood is cheerful. During the day, behavior was somber and resigned. Now, everyone smiles. In Islam, the religion considers Fasting a requirement to achieve forgiveness of all sins. Muslims think about this during the fast. They also think about it during their frequent prayers: six times each day, even after Fasting . Many of them, especially young people, stuff themselves during the nightly feast, but most adults are more restrained. Ultimately, nearly everyone loses several pounds during the month of Ramadan. Around one o clock in the morning, just after midnight, a man assigned to this task runs Through the streets of the city and loudly beats the drums while shouting to wake up the faithful.