Fasting In Essence is Knowing Yourself or "True Religion". Aka "Knocking at the Door".

If you do this, you do so at your own risk. This can kill you, and to a degree, it should. These methods are described in all scriptures and are the real occult methods because the ego-self is hidden. Occult means hidden, not Satanic.

Each philosophy concerning the evolution of the individual human being lays down a set of requirements to achieve it. All esoteric schools have a system of withdrawal from mass society, if not for short periods, then for the remaining days of the individual's life. It is called Individuation which is described as taking the individual out of a group to make a unified consciousness that is not reliant on the group and its flexible morals to define oneself. It will make you feel quite ill initially, but the veil eventually lifts and you begin to perceive just how shallow and self-interested everyone else really is. You don't need anyone else for this.

When most hear the term fasting they believe it means starvation, and in essence that is correct. How 'starve' is meant is key so here are some ways you can starve the ego. First of all, practice with what is called Intermittent Fasting. Have two meals, four hours apart. But don't over-eat on either and not fatty or sugary foods. Water, a small coffee, herbal tea but all sugar-free. You are trying to avoid insulin release which will break the fast. Keep up water intake if hungry but add some sea salt. Not table salt. It is bleached and refined which removes about 30 useful minerals. The growling in the stomach at around 6 to 12 hours into it is the stomach and small intestine emptying the remaining particles and proteins out of the digestive tract. Keep the fast up for 20 hours making the 24 hour period complete.

Your ego will try to get you to break the fast. But you are the boss, not your nagging thoughts. Don't forget, your thoughts happen to you. They are not you! Initially, start with 24 hours. When you stop, eat just vegetables. A soup for example, but try not to buy the soup ready-made. They are full of the wrong salt and also hidden sugars. Otherwise, cut vegetables into 1-inch pieces and pour some organic olive oil over them, and roast them in the oven until the tips are slightly darkened. You can finally fill yourself up with food! Imagine the satisfaction of doing this. Your body will absorb all of the goodness from the vegetables.

The following is the hardcore fast required to know oneself. The type that Buddha and Jesus did to see their devil/ego. If you have addictions (other than drugs), do them obsessively before the full fast, then stop them dead. Before you begin, promise you will not hurt yourself during this time. Also, if you have a very close friend or partner, say this to them "I'm handing all of my possessions over to you until I say otherwise" They will only have to agree so explain the purpose of this and hope they understand and if they can't do that, just get them to agree. You can't pass through the door with your attachments in tow. Family and things will hold you back.

Start in such a way, which leads to death (of the self) before you die:

• During this fast, no TV, social media, going out if you can avoid it so prepare this all upfront and let the people you know you are going away or something. It may be difficult to do with family and you will probably freak them out with such an idea anyway. You have to be VERY strict with yourself concerning this part. You'll need a chair, a bed to sleep on, and a toilet (apart from the other vitamins, water, and minerals mentioned below. That is all. So if you find yourself using anything other than those things, you can forget it straight away. If you cheat, you cheat yourself so be consistent. During the day, sit on the chair and tuck your fingers behind your knees and wait. When you get that first urge to get up because you 'forgot' something or can't resist being busy, sit down again. You'll start to talk to yourself about why you should listen to a stranger anyway and boo-hoo, woe is me. Do that until you can't hear yourself anymore. And as you get up to do something, keep sitting back down and think. Until you start to feel your 'value' of self diminishing. At that point keep at it. You are now facing a form of insanity. Your normal mode of thinking will change and at this point, you will usually automatically revisit your past. The unconscious content will come up as your ego reminds you of the bad things you've done, and the trauma you have taken to try and convince you it is the boss. You will weep about these events and you should. You are finally able to process them and so will release them too. The ego will threaten to kill you. Expect this. You are deconstructing yourself from a higher place than the ego can reach as long as you don't give in to each of the desires as they reappear. Be steadfast. You are the boss, not your ego. You are not doing this to brag to anyone about it, so even when this is over, you won't actually need to brag or be proud anyway. As we grow up, our ego-self is defined by the social norms and pressures projected by everyone else. You are breaking this down right back to the infant self. Sit still and experience the crumbling self.
• On the first day, eat a full-sized meal during the light of day, and one when it's dark.
• On the second day, reduce both meals by 1/3
• On the third day, take away another third but still have two meals and continue this trend until you have just one mouthful during the day, and one at night. Water, vitamins, and minerals are very important so get a broad spectrum vitamin pill like a Vegan multi-vitamin and add sea salt to the water. Then stop eating for the remainder of the days.
• No news, entertainment, or family contact. No hobbies, activities, or gadgets. Just sit.
• Each day, if not multiple times a day, promise you will not try to benefit materially from what you see and experience.
• If I try to go any further to describe what you will see and experience, it will define it for you and may make it untrue, but eventually you will have lucid experiences. You will be in a dream-like state, but be in full control. The place you will go is the one described in the Bible as "The Kingdom". The inside part of the kingdom. If you say to yourself in this state, I want that mountain to move from here to there, it will move.
• What you see will first amaze you, then shock you, then you will find peace as long as you know the following: Whatever you see in there is not you. It will claim to be you and demand that you continue all of the things you have stopped or it will kill you. "I'm YOU" it will claim and demand! You need to remember you are the house itself, that this thing is squatting in, and the earth is your witness as it knew of you the moment you were born without the ego.

One or two more similar experiences should follow. The final one should allow you to see the light. You will know when it happens. You will feel very odd, but above all, you'll see through people because you know yourself. After this, you'll belong to the 144,000 described in the bible.

• Revelation 14:1:

Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

This means one's own name is no longer a defining aspect of your character.

When you start eating again, take it very slowly and with very small bites of soft-baked vegetables as described above. You will otherwise tear the soft palate and expect too much from your digestive system. Start slowly and build it up to get your strength back. You've been at death's door after all!