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How to understand FastingToday, we dedicate this space to talk briefly about a passage in the life of the Divine Master, which as many other passages, has been understood by the writing, and not by the spiritual content that it contains. "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and say: It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God". Matthew 4:2-4; Luke 4:1-4 The symbol of fasting, taking it in a spiritual concept does not signify that we have to punish our bodies with the lack of material food, or that it is good for us to submit our flesh to different types of physical torture to allow us to be close to God; if it was as such, what would merit heaven is our matter and not our spirits, since the former would be one exposed to the sacrifice or punishment. What the Divine Master was referring to in this lesson, is that we should get away from all that which may be hazardous to our spirit, all those acts which could be linked to evil and to the lack of compliance of the divine laws; that is the food that we should avoid. It is about learning to dominate our matter or flesh, parting it from all of those low passions that could convert into a chain which could prevent us from reaching an elevated level, or prevent us from our spiritual compliance. Hatred, lies, the lack of charity and love towards our brethren, our bad thoughts, are all examples of that food which is hazardous to our spirits. We should fight against them all of our lives, not only one day of our lives, or during a given season of the year, but every single day in our lives, which is precisely symbolized by forty days and nights. "It is such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the lord? Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isaiah 58:5-7 "Not only does man live of bread, but by all word that comes from God" Besides giving our body all the food that corresponds to it, we should give our spirit all the food that it needs to develop and to live healthy; that is to say, the Divine Word, and all of those acts of love that give health and life to the spirit. Elijah, the spiritual pastor oh humanity says: "I, your pastor, want happiness for you, and for that reason I ask that you bend your matter, not with fasting or material mortifications, but with humility and meekness, so that your spirit goes towards perfection and light, and then, grace and strength will be upon your spirit and upon your matter and thereafter by addition." The Forerunner T 12:27 We must make sure that our brothers understand that they do not need to lacerate their bodies or mortify them to move God or to obtain His love or compassion, that is ours from the instant that we sprout from Him; Moreover, like our Father has told us in His Teachings Even before us sprouting from His bosom, He already loved us. "Do not do any material fasting nor sterile sacrifices to please Me; do not do anything that does not pertain to the worship which you should render to your Father". "Offer Me your spirit and the beating of your heart which is your life, and if you wish to fast, move away from your spirit and body the superfluous and the unnecessary things. Turn away from all low passions and every sin. This sacrifice I shall receive because it is for your benefit as well as for the future generations". "If you wish to make Me an offering, present to Me your merits of patience, of forgiveness, of the love for one another, of your dominion over your passions, as well as that of spirituality; that shall be the offering which will reach My Divine Spirit". T 234:60-62 All quotes other than the biblical ones, are taken from The Third Testament.
All quotes taken from The Third Testament
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