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        How to do Space Fasting?

      We recommend fasting (total abstinence of solid food or water at least for one day once a month or once in 11 days. In Vedic tradition, this is always coupled with the moon cycle, because moon has an influence on the mind. Ekadeshi day is the 11th day of every half of the moon cycle.  This means the 11th day after no moon day and the 11th day after full moon day is a Ekadeshi day. Fasting on that helps a lot in mind control.

     Like the Vedic tradition, every other spiritual and religious traditions do follow Fasting. In Islam tradition a month of Ramadan fasting is done every year. This is very beneficial if the aspect of Mind watching is also taken into account.

General Note

        However one should do fasting with caution. Patients who are very weak physically should not do space fasting. But they can do juice fasting. Once they get sufficient strength they can do space fasting. Please refer Earth Clean page for details regarding juice fasting.

Steps:
            Start with Juice fasting" (Click here  for details) once a week for  a couple of months in which you drink whole day different varieties of juices. To begin space fasting, skip morning juice (8 to 12) and do juice fasting rest of the day. After a couple of weeks, skip morning and noon juices. Again after a few weeks, do space fasting till the evening. Finally when you can do a complete space fasting, fast till the end of the day. In the night drink one fruit juice and go to bed. This step by step fasting approach is not stressful and give benefits to the body.

Space for the mind.
           Mind is awhirl pool of thoughts and we are always caught in that. Negative thoughts of greed, anger, jealousy, fear, lust and hatred bring adverse effects to the body and hinder the healing force. As we had discussed before these negative emotions manifest as diseases.  To get out of stress,  the mind should be relaxed and purified from the negative thoughts. It is easy to remove these negative thoughts when we try to be aware of it. To create an awareness of thoughts, fasting is very beneficial.

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Advanced -Space Therapy

Abstinence as a technique for the Purification of body &  mind.

There are many things to be abstained and that is the choice of the individual. whatever one thinks to abstain from could be temporary or for a longer time. The time frame for abstinence is decided by the ability so that it is not life threatening or to a level that is too discomforting. Again the purpose has to be clearly understood as a means not for physical or mental torture but for  transcending the mind to pure awareness state.

1. Abstinence of food for small period of time. - Earth Element.

2. Abstinence of food without taste -salt-less, sweet-less, avoiding meat-foods or any favorite food  - water element.

3. Abstinence from  Sex - Fire element

4. Abstinence from an addictive (or favorite) activity - Air element

5. Abstinence from talking- Silence -Space element.

Double benefit of Space therapy of abstinence

        At the body level, abstinence from eating otherwise known  as fasting,  is a cleansing action. The body gets sufficient space and time and energy directed towards the removal of waste from the body. This is like the week-end we all enjoy to abstain from work and clean our home, do laundry etc. Fasting helps in the diversion of energy towards the removal of waste from the body. Hence you would find enough information about the health benefits of fasting. These fasting detoxifies the body by allowing the body's energy to divert to repair activities of the body.

       But all the above are benefits at the body level. At the mind level it helps the mind to turn inward and be less agitated and distracted. This is the double benefit of space therapy. 

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Vedanta Sutras (Brahmasutra-Bhashya)

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Advanced -Space Therapy

Space at mental and physical level
       Space therapy purifies both mind level and body. Abstinence is one of the best means to achieve this state of awareness. Abstinence is seen in all spiritual traditions and is often wrongly understood as a torture of the body and the mind. The purpose of abstinence is not for torture but to bring the wandering mind to the state of awareness. You will be amazed to see how the mind is better observed doing this advanced space therapy.

                Cautionary note

      It is better to do these advanced technique when you have better control over the mind. Otherwise the mind tend to revolt vigorously and will try to prevent you from doing all these exercises. This aspect is the Ego mind, the false master or the shadow projection of the Ego. Details about this ego and the means to take care over this aspect will be dealt later.

     We have observed friends who have not done these advanced steps with patience have ended up with more restless and frustrations. The reason is that, the advanced methods tend to weaken the power of Ego and unlike the mind, the Ego cannot allow to lose its mastery over the body and Mind. In later topics we have explained how the Ego , mind and body can be represented as a blind king (mind) who rules over a kingdom (body) but is a mere puppet to his son, the Ego.

     When we now attack the son (Ego) to end the tyrannical rule of the father and son (Mind and Ego), it ends up in a big war, like the French or Russian revolution. Unlike these modern revolutionary wars, there was a much bigger war in the history of man. This happened in India many thousands of years back. One individual  who was one of the participant in the happenings of the war, then recorded this great war or Mahabharatha as it is. The Sanskrit word for "as it is" is "Ithihaasa", because the author sage Vysasa wrote his story, as an epic, which is now "History".

     We would discuss this great epic Mahabhratham and is relevant even in this modern age because the Author Vyasa is one of the great genius who contributed to the welfare of humankind. Through this epic Mahabharatham, he conceived the great melodrama of our own internal war, the war between our own 'Self' and the "Ego".

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         Awareness while doing Seva

More imposing than a mountain is the greatness of a man who,
steadfast in family life, has mastered self-control.
-Tirukkural 13: 123-124

       Having discussed about Seva in detail, we will highlight again  the point that while doing Seva one should be totally be aware of  the expecting nature of the Egoistic mind. At the same time we should pay attention how the Ego behaves under various situations. While doing seva watch the thoughts that arise. Negatives thoughts of the Ego that expresses as anger, pride, Jealousy, hatred, are easily observed when  selfless seva is performed with awareness. Through awareness one gains control over the negative qualities over time.  This mind watching or thoughts watching is the objective  of meditation.

        Awareness of our negative qualities are easy to be watched while practicing  Seva in family. Not only  family members can be more understanding and can also forgive and forget mistakes, but also has in fact remind us to be aware of it. Family life becomes enjoyable when members including children have an outlook of doing seva at home as a means of  transcending the Ego. Whenever confusion comes in taking steps in life, always focus on duties and not likes and dislikes.

       When we perform duties with the attitude of not thinking of any selfish rewards, but as an obligation, as a contribution to life — that spirit will develop an inner detachment. This detachment according to Bhagavad Gita means detaching from the mind, ego state to the awareness state.

        Attachment arises when we only act for our own selfish requirements, our position, and so on. When we think of our duties towards our family, our society, our religious life, we do not become self-centered, but start to think more about others, trying to do things for others; that is what is called seva — selfless service. Through the spirit of selfless service we become detached and our mind becomes purified.

      Thus Seva becomes one of the important means for inner purification. Now let us go to other advanced space therapy techniques.