Martinus answers
1 Sensory perception, time and space
2 The principle of reincarnation
9 Raw vegetables, cooking and fruit
10 Correspondence with the “dead”
13 The principle of world redemption
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About fasting and heath
Question
Can fasting be beneficial?
Answer
For the healthy person who lives normally and does not
eat more food than exactly the quantity which meets his organism's needs, fasting would be a harmful
interference. However, something else has to be considered where this relationship is not respected, and
where, day by day, the being accumulates in his organism an abundance of superfluous foodstuffs, thereby
permanently overburdening his organs.
That such overburdened organs can need some relief is obvious. This relief can only
take place through some kind of appropriate fast or reduction of food intake.
By a sustained fast
where the body is, so to speak, completely emptied of food products, one can bring about some beneficial
cleansing of harmful and unhealthy substances. However, such a cure should never be carried out except
under the prescription and expert control of a doctor.
First published in Contact Letter no. 3/1950
Translation: Mary McGovern,
1984
Published in the English edition of Kosmos no 1/1984
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