The Sacred Art of Fasting by Thomas Ryan

Inspiring personal reflections, helpful advice, and encouragement from people who practice fasting answer your questions, allay your fears, and reveal how you too can safely incorporate fasting into your spiritual life. Thomas Ryan Binding: Trade Paper Art Of Spiritual Living Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing. Thomas Ryan (Author) 27 ratings Part of: The Art of Spiritual Living (24 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 25.30 Other new and used from 20.

The Sacred Art of Fasting invites you to explore the practical approaches, spiritual motivations, and physical benefits of this ancient practice by looking at the ways it is observed in several faith traditions. The Sacred Art of Fasting: Preparing to Practice (The Art of Spiritual Living) Paperback Maby Rev. And it doesn't have to mean going weeks without food. But fasting doesn't have to be intimidating.

Though fasting is practiced in some form by nearly every faith tradition throughout the world, it is often seen as scary or something only for monastic life. It is a wellspring for the spiritually dry, a compass for the spiritually lost, and inner nourishment for the spiritually hungry. It is a discipline of self-restraint, a ritual of purification, and a sanctuary for offerings of atonement. It is an invitation to awareness, a call to compassion for the needy, a cry of distress, and a song of joy. Open your mind and heart and discover how the sacred art of fasting can strengthen your spiritual appetiteįasting as a religious act increases our sensitivity to that mystery always and everywhere present to us.

The Sacred Art of Fasting by Thomas Ryan