Today's experiment note:
DRY EYEBALLS.
Clearly when my body dry fasts the first thing it does is hoover moisture from my eyes--like I don't need them anymore?!
Again, I'm very impressed that so many humans do this every year. It is *so* much rougher on the body than water fasting.
I'm good, but what a profound reminder that we're all just one bad day from being tasked to be our best selves amid physical depletion from lack of food and water.
No wonder our world is so raw and full of pain. 🕯️
Help me to understand the point of dry fasting?
It's done by Muslims once a year for a month in Ramadan, from dawn to dusk, and also in some Evangelical Christian communities.
I think the physical depletion over the day is used to bond people in their religious devotion, because breaking the fast in Ramadan is a joyous and communal affair, suffusing one in prayer and feasts after a day of being laid low.
Ramadan is also tied to charitable giving and a reminder of worldly suffering. That part, this atheist vibes with 100%.
Thank you ☘️ ML
Thank you for making space for the reflection! 🤗
