Fasting - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/fasting/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:10:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Neuroscience of Fasting https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/ https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=34575 The Neuroscience of FastingAs a neuroscientist, I’m always trying to understand how our brain deals most effectively with the daily issues we encounter.   So once the end of February rolls around and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/neuroscience-fasting/feed/ 8 Recognizing the Spiritual Benefits of Fasting https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-spiritual-benefits-fasting/ https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-spiritual-benefits-fasting/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=40610 Recognizing the Spiritual Benefits of FastingScientific studies on the health benefits of fasting help explain why people who fast regularly—Buddhists, Mormons, Baha’is and others—tend to live longer and healthier lives. But the Baha’i teachings emphasize...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/recognizing-spiritual-benefits-fasting/feed/ 5 Beyond Food: The Real Purpose of the Baha’i Fast https://bahaiteachings.org/beyond-food-real-purpose-bahai-fast/ https://bahaiteachings.org/beyond-food-real-purpose-bahai-fast/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=40793 Beyond Food: The Real Purpose of the Baha’i FastAfter over 40 years as a Baha’i, I’m still learning to unravel the mystery of the nineteen-day Baha’i Fast. This annual spiritual practice, which Baha’is around the world began in...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/spiritual-benefits-fasting/feed/ 6 How to Fast Like a Baha’i https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-fast-like-a-bahai/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-fast-like-a-bahai/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=29676 How to Fast Like a Baha’iEvery year at about this time, I get asked by friends: “If I wanted to take part in the Baha’i fast, could I do it?” “Sure,” I tell them. One...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-to-fast-like-a-bahai/feed/ 7 How the Baha’i Fast Can Improve Our Microbiome https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-bahai-fast-can-improve-our-microbiome/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-bahai-fast-can-improve-our-microbiome/#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83551 How the Baha’i Fast Can Improve Our MicrobiomeThroughout history, many of the world’s religions — Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Sikhism, Islam, and the Baha’i Faith — have all recommended and practiced an annual period of fasting.  Baha’is observe...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-the-bahai-fast-can-improve-our-microbiome/feed/ 0 Fasting, Praying, and Meditating: Catching Fire from the Love of God https://bahaiteachings.org/fasting-and-meditating-catching-fire-from-the-love-of-god/ https://bahaiteachings.org/fasting-and-meditating-catching-fire-from-the-love-of-god/#respond Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=29679 Have you ever had a transcendent moment, and felt carried away in a mystical state of bliss? Wasn’t it wonderful? Wouldn’t you like to have those powerful experiences more often?...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/fasting-with-one-spiritual-objective/feed/ 0 Want to Fast Along with the Baha’is? Here’s How https://bahaiteachings.org/want-to-fast-along-with-the-bahais-heres-how/ https://bahaiteachings.org/want-to-fast-along-with-the-bahais-heres-how/#respond Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:00:07 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=75613 Today the Baha’i Fast begins. When this time of year rolls around friends usually ask me “If I wanted to try the Baha’i fast, could I?” “Of course,” I always...

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