Water Only Fasting...where are we and why are we here?

I was explaining to a friend why water only fasting is the most powerful healing modality we have by some exponential function. It goes something like this:

We need calories as fuel. We need nutrients to repair and maintain our body. An analogy might be we need gas for our cars to run, but if they are in need of repair and maintenance we won't get to where we are going in a timely manner or at all. And more gas won't help that situation a single bit.

In water only fasting we discontinue all consumption of calories and nutrition for the duration. How does that help? Our bodies are self healing mechanisms, with enough "fuel" on board to last us quite a while. So the body begins drawing on the fuel reserve for energy, but it does not do so indiscriminately. It begins by breaking down and consuming "least important" (in terms of healthy functioning) parts of the body. It begins by consuming the "dispensables", and conserving the "indispensables" we need for health and survival.

Pathogenic tissues just happen to be on the top of the dispensables list. This is a key part of "body intelligence", which is the basic way of thinking of the body's self healing mechanisms which are complex and always ongoing. We can watch it work on the surface when we, for example, cut a finger in the kitchen, but most of this self healing mechanism works on the interior, and we don't see it as directly. But we certainly experience it as makes us feel stronger and better.

So when we water fast the body begins consuming the pathogenic tissues first and most rapidly. Now if you really don't trust body intelligence completely you are not alone, we have been conditioned to trust medical intervention above body intelligence. I have come to understand this "problem" (because it is a problem) as a basic misunderstanding of "where we are", which is "in nature", as opposed to a technological construct, which is also true, but to a much lesser degree.

This misunderstanding is in essence a partial misapprehension of the quintessential existential dilemma, which isn't at base "why are we here", but rather "where are we". The complete existential dilemma might therefor be expressed "where are we and why are we here", a two part question.

And to repeat, the answer to the first part is "in nature", and that part is incontrovertible, the second part we are free to decide for ourselves, and may be our highest calling and responsibility, also for us to decide for ourselves.

So the first order of business is to clear up any misunderstanding about "where are we", which then allows us to efficiently go about our first and primary responsibility, which is to take good care of ourselves, our bodies. Only then are we allowed full access to the second part of the dilemma "why am I here".

Now, back to water only fasting: so how much more efficient is water only fasting when compared to the vast majority of medical interventions? Blazingly and amazingly so, exponentially so. And there is no particular reason I know of not to conduct a 3 day water fast on your own, but for longer fasts (for what I will loosely define as "serious conditions") expert supervision is highly recommended. This does not mean a 3 day self directed water fast is useless even when we suffer from more serious conditions. Rather, the benefit of it may in fact be quite astonishing.

One of the best water fasting clinics in the world is in California, "True North Health Center", and very much worth knowing more about:
http://www.healthpromoting.com/