LOVE Is Our Medicine. How to Heal with Loving Presence and Hugging Meditations by Nils Klippstein - HTML preview

8. Opening the Subtle Senses

One practical way to experience our vulnerability is to fast on fruit or nothing but water. This ancient practice enables us to develop a heightened sensitivity and a deeper connection to our emotional or astral body within a single day. Over time, it can also help us to overcome our physical cravings, making us feel increasingly liberated from our attach­ments to food.

After one day without food, we can often feel the aura and energies of other humans around us more intensely. Our perceptions of subtle energetic flows in our astral body are also heightened. (*)

Therefore, when we fast for at least 24 hours before a meditative embrace or any other connective healing experience, we feel ourselves and others much clearer and stronger. For some, this may be an overwhelmingly joyful and exciting heart-opening experience that heals and enriches our lives for many days to come.

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