Monday, April 14, 2008

Astami : My first fast

Today being Astami, (an auspicous ocassion in Navratra) I decided to take fast .. the first in my life...

I had some strange feelings..apart from religious blessings, you get the following

** You learn to be more calm and composed
** You respect food and can imagine what it would be to go without food, which in our country isn't very uncommon.

Overall a nice experience if you can take fast in its true essence.

1 comments:

Anuradha said...

Hello Dear
Congratulations..! Though belated for ur life's first fast..

Great to know that it also teaches something silently... isn't.... perseverance...integrity.....& above all patience...? But nowadays it’s also a fashion......

But whether one day fast is sufficient to learn integrity....??