Oddbean

it was a conversion moment, for sure, i was already prepared for the idea and had taken several steps but when that woman pulled up in her car and started offering hospitality after i heard a voice tell me to - literal exact words were "wait just a minute" and it was under a minute... like i was receiving a telepathic message from someone who could see what was about to happen i'd already had a heap of earlier signs too... some pig hunters picked me up, fed me tasty pork bbq at their favourite roadside grill, and gave me 25 euros and dropped me at the nearest intercity train station... now that one in particular hints at a relaxing of the kosher rules, that i often hear from especially catholics and orthodox, but i don't see it in the text and i just prefer kosher meats anyway, my favourite of all is actually old sheep, mutton

I don't think the kosher rules are necessary anymore. They had to do/don't do certain behaviors to get into a spiritual state. A lot of philosophers have been totally vegan, for example, in a lot of different cultures - like abstinence makes the spirit more accessible. Fasting seems to, for sure. Idk... I'm feeling imposter syndrome now... I'm not good at abstinence and I've only barely begun to understand spiritual things... And for that matter, I suspect that anything less than full knowledge is equivalent to complete ignorance. Hungry now... Want meat...

haha, eat ze fleisch yes, fasting is great stuff, but i think from my experience of it so far, it is about resetting systems and finding a better order, not a thing in itself like, i did 3 days no caffeine, and now i can just do one in the morning and that's enough... i think dialing down to 1 is more practical than total abstinence you have to maintain performance continuity in your work, and these extreme practices tend to disrupt your rhythm utterly start by managing a whole day of no food, only fluids, you'll get to longer durations... at 3 days ketosis starts up, which has a very good effect on your organs and metabolism, everything starts eating itself and that helps clean out the stuff that was broken with me, that's all been great, but the biggest problem i have that is very central is electrolytes, and essentially, the most pervasive, and inhibitory health problem i have right now, and it seems to simply be potassium deficiency don't get confused by thinking that something that has a specific use is some kind of ideal... fasting is very useful, and i think at least 3 day fasts are a baseline you should try to get to, but start with one day fasts first i personally used to do one day fasts because of depression, for years... probably helped my health a lot... but not that problem

doing these things does take a bit of effort with changing routines, you may not need to change the place, but maybe combine a refresh/reoptimize of your space and a deep clean of some of it, this serves to trigger that unfamiliarity that is part of being able to do a new thing