This may seem a very strange post here on this blog, and it has been a long and winding road until I could understand it more clearly. Bear with me, will you?
The first 4 blessings in the Law of the Fast clearly point to being liberated from a yoke of bondage. It is Christ that lifts us from the bondage.
I have learned a great deal about the spirits that want to possess our bodies. They will do it in any way possible. If you want a very good example of this, you might want to read, Return from Tomorrow, by George Ritchie. He leaves his body for a short time and is taken many places. One of them is a bar, where he sees disembodied spirits trying to enter the bodies of those in the bar. Only when the drinkers pass out and the protective aura opens up at the crown of the head are those spirits able to enter the body of the drunken man or woman.
There are a myriad of ways in which darkness is able to enter our bodies. One of the most brilliant things about our God is He is ever teaching us how to stay happy and protected from the power of the adversary and the ensuing darkness. Our food, which was filled with life from the ground, and the trees, is in full abundance on the earth. We have been so steered away from eating it in its original form that the light that was inherent in it has been taken away. That light, and the protection of that light has diminished until the walls of our fortress fell down. We have become extremely susceptible to darkness, in all of its myriad forms. Along with it is rampant disease.
I have a girlfriend who has had lupus for over 50 years. When it was discovered, the Lord instructed her not to take any medication. But she took the advise of the doctors, who put her on prednazone, as well as some other medications. It put her body into a state of disease and acidity.
All medications are synthetic copies of herbs, and other plants. By their very nature they are acidic. The body thrives in an alkaline state, but begins to break down and decompose in an acidic state. I don't know how many of you have ever composted, or found things rotting in the yard, but whatever you have found is always accompanied by a multitude of creepy crawlers that are destroying the flesh and using it for their dinner. That's what a parasite does in your body; they are uninvited guests that come in because there is an environment that allows them to hide, to feed, and to destroy the health of the body.
My friend was recovering from her illness. She received a priesthood blessing from my husband who told her that she would know what she needed to do to heal. She felt to do some holistic practices that would cleanse her blood and colon. Through this practice she found that she was infested with tapeworm.
When I received the information about this, I realized this was a subject I did not want to broach. This was nasty. I did not know people who had parasites. Are you kidding? But for some reason I did a little research just to make sure I wasn't going to have any similar circumstances. My personal findings are unimportant here, but what I learned is: our nation is experiencing massive difficulties from parasites.
Now, what does this have to do with fasting, you might ask. Well, when my friend began her regiment, and passed the entire length of the tapeworm, she felt the presence of a being that left her. She knew about dark entities and spirits. She was delivered from the presence of them, and they put up quite a fight just before they let go.
Drugs and processed foods open up the haven for parasites in our bodies. And if the young man who was possessed of the legion of spirits that Christ cast into the swine (realizing that they were willing to take on any life form, as long as they could have a life form), why would it be that surprising that we are subjected to darkness just by the very fact that we eat processed food that has been tampered with?
I have a friend who learned about spirits being in other people. It disturbed her and she went to the privacy of her own closet to enquire of the Lord. She did muscle testing, just as she had been instructed, to find out how many beings might be within her. She reported that after she reached the number of 20,000, she stooped.
She enquired of the Lord how this could be and was told that it is allowed because of our agency. But that is a huge number. How could you have that many beings without being a crazed maniac like the man in the New Testament, unless you have them inhabiting the form of the parasites.
Fasting for a short period of time will destroy those parasites. Drinking lemon juice with honey or maple syrup and taking cayenne pepper (Called the Master Cleanse), even for the space of 10-12 days will kill the parasites. Hulda Clarke's 90 parasite cleanse, which is an herb concoction consisting of black walnut hulls, cloves, and wormwood will kill all of the eggs, larvae and adult parasites in your body in 90 days. All this is natural and filled with light for the body.
Over the years I have noticed how much I like certain foods that seem to be ethnic but important additives in foods around the world. Cinnamon is a common additive, which I came to find out was not only a spice, but a parasite deterrent. So are hot chilies, garlic, wasabi, cabbage, kimchi. I am sure there are a host of others, but I found it interesting that many cultures all over the world use these as a cooking compliment and may not even know that they are a guard and protector to the life of the body.
All these spices and herbs and bulbs are alkaline elements, filled with light. Alkaline environments deter parasites.
Light cleaveth unto light, and intelligence to intelligence. God our maker doth provide, for our wants to be supplied, our every want and need is truly taken care of is we will turn to Him. All is a function of His light and love.