I’m not interested in the well-being of society because society is a big lie. Where is society? I only see individual beings and only the individual can grow. Each one is enormous and tremendous in their own way - each one is unique.
When a man honours his father and mother, God says, “I regard it as though I had dwelt among them and they had honoured me."
To become conscious we must become Self-aware in the awareness of the observer Self-observing.
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
