{"id":1857,"date":"2017-05-07T14:46:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T14:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serrasagra.com\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2017-12-16T14:35:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:35:58","slug":"india-4-rebirth-fast-parasailing-and-holi-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serrasagra.com\/india-4-rebirth-fast-parasailing-and-holi-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"India 4 – Rebirth Fast, Parasailing and Holi Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The group didn’t just join teachings. They also did many practices. The reasons for these practices were, as I mentioned before, to put the information they had into practice to turn it into “cognition”.<\/p>\n
Rebirth Fast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n One of the most powerful of these practices was the Rebirth Fast which took 3 days long. You cannot eat or talk during the fast; you are only allowed to drink water. To prevent the mind from getting cluttered, listening to music, watching something even studying wasn’t allowed.<\/p>\n Everybody was amazing. Every day, they did 6 hours of meditation, 4 times of 80 kumbhakas\u00a0and also asana practice which includes drop backs, handstands with \u00c7etin \u00c7etinta\u015f. The best part was the end. We meditated together, chanted the Metta Sutra and finished the fast by hugging each other; by filling our hearts first with love. When you do something like this, something you think will be difficult but still go through it, something happens inside you. You go beyond of “you”, beyond who you think you are and connect with your true self. And you start having more faith inside\u00a0of you; you know you have the power to go beyond any limits you have. It was really beautiful seeing all those happy faces and beautiful souls talking again excitedly after 3 days.<\/p>\n Parasailing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n