 When everything is stripped bare all of the cravings that food is often associated with and the drive That it gives you like when you've cleared out the sugar and caffeine these kinds of things that we can get so addicted to that that Honestly, we use as tethers to pull us through when everything is just just stripped bare and all this left is like the mind and the will And the flesh You find out really who you are inside There's something that we need to discuss collectively about our health like the health of humanity the health of a Health of our bodies of our collective mind and Our collective hearts working together towards something, but I want to start small here today and just talk about the health of our bodies Our bodies are these amazing alchemical machines and the way that they process food is A miracle to behold We're often not aware of the magic of food alchemy the way that things combine together in the stomach and the way that the body Generates flora and fauna In order to process certain things. We also don't recognize Just how much? Some things don't go together We need to understand how food alchemy works And so I have some recommendations just to look into if this is something that you're interested in You will be amazed at what takes place if you learn about Ayurveda and the three Gunas The three Gunas are the three states of reality and they stand for Satva Rajas and Thomas one is an enlightened State one is an active state and one is a heavy Ignorance state these three states apply to food very well as well and so simple foods like rice can be very Satvic and spicy foods can be very active inducing and then fried foods or fast foods or Old-stale foods are like tamasic and they just eat them and you're like I just want to Relax, you know and perhaps there's a time and a place for all of them But that's for each of us to decide for themselves and Ayurveda teaches the magic and science of food alchemy which foods go together well and which foods don't and I just have to bring this up. This is so interesting and so funny I feel like a newborn today like my fast just ended a few days ago and the first few days I Learned a lot about food combining all over again within my body and As of basically this morning one thing I received was it was this it was I felt as though It was like this motherly divine Mother presence kind of come over me and say you are a newborn baby today You have to be very very clear. You're also Reverse aging from like an old man, like I'm I'm Benjamin Buttoning And I'm like I am But then but then I also feel like I just came out of the womb And it's like okay. Well the old man can only eat soft things Warm milk and the baby too needs warm milk. And so for the next three days You're pretty much going to be living on Dairy and I'm like Actually, that sounds kind of fun like what a fun experiment because I Was finding that, you know, just even like starting to mix it. I was like berries, you know, like it was soft things My my dear brother actually made for me. Oh Oh What a soul he made for me a cherished rice pudding, which is what What Tom a Buddha had at the end of his major fast which led to his enlightenment and I Was speaking about it being like I kind of want to make this and my friend was like I don't want to surprise you with it and it's not a surprise now, but don't make it yourself And it was it was So special But as I started mixing in other things They were delicious But the body was like I'm not quite ready for this. I'm in between Being born In one direction and dying in the other And and then crossing back over and then going around this loop and I'm like, oh, okay because you know now like I'm I'm gonna be now on the journey of like Gaining the weight back and but but actually honestly, I'm finding this so interesting that like today I went out and I picked up Some some milks at the store and and I found this is so cool Water buffalo milk like organic water buffalo milk Like what and it says well, what's so special about it? You know the way more calcium 40% more protein 43% less cholesterol. I mean, there's more things about it. But like honestly, it's the most delicious milk that I've ever had Like I love it I I I picked it up and I was running some other errands and I was drinking and I was like, this is so good I must go get more. So I went and I got two more I'm gonna save that one for tomorrow All right. Well, I hope that I'm in view here the video that you've actually been watching is also from several days ago and the whole having milk and being reborn and that whole experience is actually complete and I Find myself leveling out in the relationship with food in a just a whole new way and really experiencing life Brand new showing up differently in a way that is hard to describe But I hope that the energy will come across Over the course of time and the content that we create But I wanted to cut myself in because there was a few other pieces that I wanted to share in this video that I didn't feel like I adequately shared the first cut and so the first is this Why did I do it? Why did I do a 40-day fast and the truth is there was actually several reasons for it one was wanting to be closer to God wanting to know God no spirit know this Invisible universal cosmic force on a deeper level, which is why daily meditation and spiritual practices like that and Reading scripture reading different holy books was so significant to me in the last several years I have actually been reading the Bible another reason for this fast was in fact Trying to solve a problem. In fact, this is how the fast first came into my mind Now the truth is For several years, I've often thought that I would do a 40-day water fast because well Jesus Moses and Buddha all claimed or all we understand did these Very long fasts the stories of Moses and Jesus all both I believe say 40 days But Buddha you hear several versions of it one is a 40 day one is a seven year and One I think is a seven day or something like that so Nevertheless the the 40-day thing really stood out to me and there was a part of me that wanted to do it Before I turned 33 I turned 33 this coming May 19th and 33 is a very sacred number in many spiritual traditions. Of course, Jesus went to the cross at 33 There are 33 vertebrae in the spine and it feels like every year You're kind of working your way up this journey that first 33 years And of course, there's 33 degrees in Freemasonry and when you reach the apex of that journey You have attained mastery within that particular school. I felt it You know kind of calling to me this do it before you're 33 kind of thing and so in addition to those ideas I went into prayer and meditation several months ago because there was a Perceived mistake that I felt that I had made and I wanted to correct it and In my prayers and meditation. I was just going Spirit God, how can I solve this problem and I received this loud and clear 40-day fast and I was like, oh It's time must be time and I said when when should I start and I got this really clear just February 13th. I had no idea that it actually lined up with Lent and So the 40 days of Lent which celebrated the Jesus is 40-day fast. I ended up doing Exactly like fasting during that window, which was really cool. The day the fast ended was Palm Sunday and So to celebrate that morning. I actually Mentioned I have been reading the Bible and I was on the book of Revelation I was on the last book and so I woke up in that morning before I had any food or any milk Which was I had always been planning to end fast with milk And of course my friend created that dish for me but but the the first thing that I did was I I got some water and I sat down and I read Out loud the book of Revelation because well, I was just gonna read it But then the opening line says those who read this out loud will be blessed and I was like well I can't turn that down so I I went through that chapter and was complete on it and You know, there were many other reasons for why I decided to do this as well just good All-round reasons like knowing myself knowing what I'm made of knowing what I'm capable of pushing myself beyond The old version of myself and wanting to create a higher expression of who and what Jordan River is and So, you know, I could go on but those were some of the core reasons for why I decided to do this fast now Speaking of the Bible and holy texts now I understand that many people watching this channel probably Might not care about this next part but I think that everyone if you give it the chance that you might find it interesting of course many people watching there are There are new age people there are people who identify as as witches or wicca or in that vein you know occult practitioners there are Christians who watch this channel and people of all different spiritual practices and fates and So I like to try and you know speak to all of them and I don't ever wish to come across as being exclusively just, you know Christian or or Buddhist or Hindu or Anything or just new age, you know, because all of these I find to be Ways of connecting with spirit and there are infinite ways of honoring and connecting the Connecting with the invisible force underlying the fabric of reality, you know, ultimately it comes down to our relationship with Consciousness and and our consciousness and collective consciousness and that which is beyond us and also the earth which I believe I've mentioned earlier in This video and so I'm bringing this up because Along the journey of this fast there was a Question and a fear that I had which was was it right and is it right to talk about this fast? around day 20 I made a post or a video here on YouTube and I talked about what it was That was going on behind the scenes and I mentioned that I was doing this 40-day fast and I had this thought I put a lot of thought into it But there was this fear like doesn't it say Biblically that we shouldn't talk about fasting if we're fasting and That morning the final morning when I was reading the book of Revelation Before I opened up that book. I remember sitting in meditation and just wondering did I Do this horrible wrong thing? Should I really be talking about this and I I got this message of Go to the scripture like go and reread that line again Oh, of course, of course and so I did and and I actually have the book out here and I wanted to share this line because I Realized the answer is no the answer is actually I was I was very in the clear and I there was this huge relief, but I wanted to speak to this because I Know that there are probably some people at least some Christians who might be watching going You're ruining the magic of the fast by talking about it because Jesus says in Matthew 616 and When you fast do not look gloomy like the hypocrites for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others Truly I say to you they have received their reward But when you fast anoint your head and wash your face that your fasting may not be seen by others But by your father who is in secret and your father who sees in secret will reward you Jesus was speaking to the The nature of what was going on at the time because there's so many stories in the Gospels about The Pharisees who are acting in this very hypocritical way And so they would you know, they would be fasting. It sounds like and they'd be going around outside In public being like oh, look at me. I'm I'm fasting. Oh, look at how pious I am You know and I and I realized oh boy I didn't do that. In fact the place that I was coming from in sharing that I was fasting was This place of I mean, I imagine if Jesus was About to go and do his fast. He probably told his loyal followers. Hey, I'm gonna be gone for the next 40 days in the desert And he just goes off and I thought well, that's kind of where I'm coming from I I don't of course see the beautiful Spirit-verse audience as apostles or anything like that But I was coming from this place of saying look, I want to inform the people who are following me in my work What's going on behind the scenes? This isn't to try and make a big deal out of it I just want to share what's going on going through the fast You know, there was a lot of time that I was working But I also did need to take time for rest and for prayer and meditation and learning and all of these things And so progress was a little bit slower But I think very very necessary in order for me to be able to show up for you like this right now where my heart is now and today I I really want to feel like Giving endlessly like a river To be in service to you and all of mankind and To do my very best to show up in this new way and to give to you so that you may benefit and prosper that all of us may benefit and prosper and Live harmoniously in the world And I hope I'm not gonna sound like a broken record because I might also have said something similar to this in the other clip But I feel even more cohesive today than I did, you know, when I filmed that last one and over the course of this week you know every single day comes with new lessons and new blessings as I continue to Restabilize myself to this New place of being thank you for watching this and much love