Keeping your eyes closed

One seemingly scholarly article on fasting had me feeling good about our choice of water fasting (until today, of course, we had no idea there were other types!). Water fasting, the doctor proposed, was the right way to go, claiming juice fasting advocates were full of nonsense. But, he claimed, the #1 mistake fasters make is that they neglect to keep their eyes closed the WHOLE time so you can hear your "God within."

Coincidentally, I've spent a good amount of my 31 hours of fasting in a state of sleep, but I haven't heard my God within. Instead I've dreamed about self-help guru Tony Robbins, who later turned into Lindsey Lohan wearing a blond wig, still claiming to be Tony Robbins. I also dreamed about going to In n Out and ordering a 4 x 4.

In my slumberous stupor, I talked to my body about what it should do given that I haven't even reached the halfway point of the fast. I wasn't sure it was willing to listen, so I held my breath. That got it's attention. "Listen, body!" I said. "You can't get any food for a long time yet, but what you CAN eat is the fat stores along my midsection. Got it?" I then proceeded to dream about cannibalism. Funny how the mind works.