The Addictive & Life-Altering Benefits I Experience From Juice Fasting
Welcome to the hero’s journey
“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting.” — Benjamin Franklin
Fasting has been around since there was life on this planet. It was common in ancient Greece, Egypt, India, and many other places around the globe. It was practiced by the Gnostics, Jains, Hindus, Muslims, and Essenes — and it still is to this day.
Native Americans would fast regularly for a variety of reasons. When youths entered puberty they would often fast for a period of one to four days during which they would remain alone to pray.
In the Christian tradition, fasting was made famous by Moses and Jesus — both supposedly fasted for a duration of 40 days and nights.
All these groups and individuals typically fasted for a similar purpose: spiritual and religious advancement. It has long been held that fasting is a method by which one can put themselves in touch with higher aspects of consciousness and divinity.
But where does fasting fit in today’s secular, consumerist culture? The world in which we find ourselves is one of excess and overindulgence. And for many health experts and social critics, this mode of existence is…
