Angelica _ann wrote:tycho wrote:@AA, I take it that you're speaking of a big 'O' and multiples...(Talk of njaa in a time of abstinence! It distorts vision).
If that would do, then Marquis de Sade would have been a saint.
But, when we realize that the conditions for ultimate satiety and bliss are when we are in union with God then we can begin to understand bliss.
When can we understand this union except when we desist or fail to feed our hungers and instead let God do the feeding?
And fasting is the quest and conversation between humans and God, with respect to the matter of feeding hunger.
I am certain that if it were all a human affair, no woman for example can meet my sexual needs. And neither can I meet a woman's needs.
Humans are very limited @Angelica.
How long do you normally fast in a year
Every week has a fast. At least 3 days of sexual abstinence, and at least a day without food.
Then there's the Lent period. An intense 40 days. It's like a marathon for the soul.
There's another form of fasting through resisting the lower self using meditation and prayer. This happens at any time and preferably always.