The Power of Fasting in ZeNLP The emperor hesitated to inquire further about these things his mind could

not grasp. So Gudo beat the floor with his hand as if to awaken him and the emperor was enlightened. True fasting is consuming onl! water"and air of course. This pro#ides a strong inner e$perience% & belie#e that it should be done onl! under certain circumstances and ideall! with the guidance and super#ision of ZeNLP 'asters or an e$perienced nutritionist. (owe#er a surprising number of participants at pheno'enon)s ZeNLP workshops ha#e done water fasting successfull! for short periods of time on their own. &t is undertaken basicall! as a deto$ification"cleansing"purif!ing process. &t is not reall! a diet since it pro#ides no nutrients. *uice fasting is more common pro#ides more nutrients and can be undertaken for a much longer period than water fasting but it is still deficient in total nutrition. +rinking onl! fruit and #egetable ,uices can be done for se#eral da!s a week or two or e#en longer% the longer fasting is done the more problems -called .cleansing reactions/ b! those e$periencing them0 and deficiencies ma! be e$perienced. & ha#e known people who ha#e fasted for longer than two months and ha#e personall! monitored some patients through thirt!"da! fasts most often on the .'aster 1leanser / or lemonade diet. This fast and others as well as the how"to)s of fasting are discussed in ZeNLP workshops. &t will also be discussed in +eto$ification and (ealing Programs which is a part of our week"long ZeNLP workshop we conduct at 2angalore. The fasting process is best used as a means of transformation to enhance the potential for change in habits and lifest!le during the re#aluation deto$ification period. 3eight is usuall! lost during the process though & do not suggest fasting as a weight"loss diet. & do feel that it is one of the best natural therapeutic tools a#ailable to the healing arts gi#en the right situation. 4esting from foods and letting the bod! process what is alread! stored is the perfect balance to our t!pical e$cessi#e and congesting wa! of eating. -2od!"organ"cell congestion comes from eating more fat and protein foods than we need.0 & ha#e called fasting or the cleansing process the .missing link in the 5merican diet./ 3eight 4eduction 3eight"loss diets come and go b! the hundreds. 6#er! !ear at least half a do7en new diets become popular with 5mericans who are alwa!s looking for the latest greatest shortest route to that trim figure. There is usuall! at least one diet book on the best"seller list while publishers are alwa!s on the lookout for a hot new book that can take a few million dollars out of the 5merican people)s wallets. Thus there is no one specific t!pe of reducing diet but a whole collection of diets that either reduce calories restructure eating habits or add a special food that cuts fat. & will not discuss all of them here% se#eral are described in some of the therapeutic diets in Part Four and most specificall! in the 3eight Loss program in 1hapter 89. :#erall we who are o#erweight or who easil! put on e$tra pounds need to think of .diet/ as our basic wholesome dail! food intake rather than a special pro,ect that we struggle through on occasion so we can return to the en,o!able habitual wa! of eating that creates the bod! that necessitated the original struggle. &t is no mere coincidence that all ma,or religions ha#e fasting inbuilt into them. 'uslims fast during 4am7an (indus obser#e Santoshi 'ata)s fast *ews fast on Sabbath and other (ol! da!s 1hristians fast during Good Frida! *ains fast for long periods during Par!ushan. &n ZeNLP there is no greater weapon than fasting to awaken the hidden powers of the unconscious mind. 4egular fasting cleanses the bod! and deletes the temporar! files accumulated in our mind allowing faster programming of our super"computer through ZeNLP -Neuro"Linguistic Programming with a touch of Zen 0. The emperor respected Zen and old Gudo more than e#er after his enlightenment and he e#en permitted Gudo to wear his hat in the palace in winter. 3hen Gudo was o#er eight! he used to fall asleep in the midst of his lecture and the emperor would quietl! retire to another room so his belo#ed teacher might en,o! the rest his ageing bod! required.

Statutor! 3arning; ZeNLP stories which will touch !our emotions and programme !our unconscious minds ha#e been intricatel! wo#en into this article. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 'urli 'enon is the President of pheno'enon consultants inc. 5hmedabad. For further queries about pheno'enon)s stress management workshops based on tribal meditation email 7enlp=rediffmail.com